netdev - [PATCH net-next 07/14] ethtool: Update documentation of struct ethtool

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Date:	Wed, 12 Feb 2014 22:14:28 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next 07/14] ethtool: Update documentation of struct
 ethtool_pauseparam

Convert the inline comments to kernel-doc format.

Explicitly specify that non-zero autoneg is an error if link
autonegotiation is disabled.

Specify that pause capabilities should be advertised dependent on link
autonegotiation, not the autoneg flag here.  There is no way to
opt-out of pause frame autonegotiation, and this improves behaviour
when the link partner is configured to follow pause frame
autonegotiation and our interface is not.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
index e602cd0..8ca2924 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
@@ -466,20 +466,30 @@ struct ethtool_channels {
 	__u32	combined_count;
 };
 
-/* for configuring link flow control parameters */
+/**
+ * struct ethtool_pauseparam - Ethernet pause (flow control) parameters
+ * @cmd: Command number = %ETHTOOL_GPAUSEPARAM or %ETHTOOL_SPAUSEPARAM
+ * @autoneg: Flag to enable autonegotiation of pause frame use
+ * @rx_pause: Flag to enable reception of pause frames
+ * @tx_pause: Flag to enable transmission of pause frames
+ *
+ * Drivers should reject a non-zero setting of @autoneg when
+ * autoneogotiation is disabled (or not supported) for the link.
+ *
+ * If the link is autonegotiated, drivers should use
+ * mii_advertise_flowctrl() or similar code to set the advertised
+ * pause frame capabilities based on the @rx_pause and @tx_pause flags,
+ * even if @autoneg is zero.  They should also allow the advertised
+ * pause frame capabilities to be controlled directly through the
+ * advertising field of &struct ethtool_cmd.
+ *
+ * If @autoneg is non-zero, the MAC is configured to send and/or
+ * receive pause frames according to the result of autonegotiation.
+ * Otherwise, it is configured directly based on the @rx_pause and
+ * @tx_pause flags.
+ */
 struct ethtool_pauseparam {
-	__u32	cmd;	/* ETHTOOL_{G,S}PAUSEPARAM */
-
-	/* If the link is being auto-negotiated (via ethtool_cmd.autoneg
-	 * being true) the user may set 'autoneg' here non-zero to have the
-	 * pause parameters be auto-negotiated too.  In such a case, the
-	 * {rx,tx}_pause values below determine what capabilities are
-	 * advertised.
-	 *
-	 * If 'autoneg' is zero or the link is not being auto-negotiated,
-	 * then {rx,tx}_pause force the driver to use/not-use pause
-	 * flow control.
-	 */
+	__u32	cmd;
 	__u32	autoneg;
 	__u32	rx_pause;
 	__u32	tx_pause;


-- 
Ben Hutchings
If more than one person is responsible for a bug, no one is at fault.

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