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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst index d144e890961d..e1bc6186d7ea 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst @@ -874,6 +874,7 @@ Kernel response contents: ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_TCP_DATA_SPLIT`` u8 TCP header / data split ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_CQE_SIZE`` u32 Size of TX/RX CQE ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_TX_PUSH`` u8 flag of TX Push mode + ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_RX_PUSH`` u8 flag of RX Push mode ==================================== ====== =========================== ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_TCP_DATA_SPLIT`` indicates whether the device is usable with @@ -883,8 +884,8 @@ separate buffers. The device configuration must make it possible to receive full memory pages of data, for example because MTU is high enough or through HW-GRO. -``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_TX_PUSH`` flag is used to enable descriptor fast -path to send packets. In ordinary path, driver fills descriptors in DRAM and +``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_[RX|TX]_PUSH`` flag is used to enable descriptor fast +path to send or receive packets. In ordinary path, driver fills descriptors in DRAM and notifies NIC hardware. In fast path, driver pushes descriptors to the device through MMIO writes, thus reducing the latency. However, enabling this feature may increase the CPU cost. Drivers may enforce additional per-packet @@ -906,6 +907,7 @@ Request contents: ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_RX_BUF_LEN`` u32 size of buffers on the ring ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_CQE_SIZE`` u32 Size of TX/RX CQE ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_TX_PUSH`` u8 flag of TX Push mode + ``ETHTOOL_A_RINGS_RX_PUSH`` u8 flag of RX Push mode ==================================== ====== =========================== Kernel checks that requested ring sizes do not exceed limits reported by |