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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2020 14:29:29 +0000
From: Danielle Ratson <danieller@...dia.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
CC: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>,
"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
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Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next 1/6] ethtool: Extend link modes settings uAPI
with lanes
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 12, 2020 6:58 PM
> To: Danielle Ratson <danieller@...dia.com>
> Cc: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>; netdev@...r.kernel.org;
> davem@...emloft.net; Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>; andrew@...n.ch;
> f.fainelli@...il.com; mkubecek@...e.cz; mlxsw <mlxsw@...dia.com>; Ido
> Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>; johannes@...solutions.net
> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/6] ethtool: Extend link modes settings uAPI
> with lanes
>
> On Mon, 12 Oct 2020 15:33:45 +0000 Danielle Ratson wrote:
> > > What's the use for this in practical terms? Isn't the lane count
> > > basically implied by the module that gets plugged in?
> >
> > The use is to enable the user to decide how to achieve a certain speed.
> > For example, if he wants to get 100G and the port has 4 lanes, the
> > speed can be achieved it using both 2 lanes of 50G and 4 lanes of 25G,
> > as a port with 4 lanes width can work in 2 lanes mode with double
> > speed each. So, by specifying "lanes 2" he will achieve 100G using 2
> > lanes of 50G.
>
> Can you give a concrete example of serdes capabilities of the port, what SFP
> gets plugged in and what configuration user wants to select?
Example:
- swp1 is a 200G port with 4 lanes.
- QSFP28 is plugged in.
- The user wants to select configuration of 100G speed using 2 lanes, 50G each.
$ ethtool swp1
Settings for swp1:
Supported ports: [ FIBRE Backplane ]
Supported link modes: 1000baseT/Full
10000baseT/Full
1000baseKX/Full
10000baseKR/Full
10000baseR_FEC
40000baseKR4/Full
40000baseCR4/Full
40000baseSR4/Full
40000baseLR4/Full
25000baseCR/Full
25000baseKR/Full
25000baseSR/Full
50000baseCR2/Full
50000baseKR2/Full
100000baseKR4/Full
100000baseSR4/Full
100000baseCR4/Full
100000baseLR4_ER4/Full
50000baseSR2/Full
10000baseCR/Full
10000baseSR/Full
10000baseLR/Full
10000baseER/Full
50000baseKR/Full
50000baseSR/Full
50000baseCR/Full
50000baseLR_ER_FR/Full
50000baseDR/Full
100000baseKR2/Full
100000baseSR2/Full
100000baseCR2/Full
100000baseLR2_ER2_FR2/Full
100000baseDR2/Full
200000baseKR4/Full
200000baseSR4/Full
200000baseLR4_ER4_FR4/Full
200000baseDR4/Full
200000baseCR4/Full
Advertised link modes: 1000baseT/Full
10000baseT/Full
1000baseKX/Full
10000baseKR/Full
10000baseR_FEC
40000baseKR4/Full
40000baseCR4/Full
40000baseSR4/Full
40000baseLR4/Full
25000baseCR/Full
25000baseKR/Full
25000baseSR/Full
50000baseCR2/Full
50000baseKR2/Full
100000baseKR4/Full
100000baseSR4/Full
100000baseCR4/Full
100000baseLR4_ER4/Full
50000baseSR2/Full
10000baseCR/Full
10000baseSR/Full
10000baseLR/Full
10000baseER/Full
50000baseKR/Full
50000baseSR/Full
50000baseCR/Full
50000baseLR_ER_FR/Full
50000baseDR/Full
100000baseKR2/Full
100000baseSR2/Full
100000baseCR2/Full
100000baseLR2_ER2_FR2/Full
100000baseDR2/Full
200000baseKR4/Full
200000baseSR4/Full
200000baseLR4_ER4_FR4/Full
200000baseDR4/Full
200000baseCR4/Full
Advertised pause frame use: No
Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Advertised FEC modes: Not reported
Speed: Unknown!
Lanes: Unknown!
Duplex: Unknown! (255)
Auto-negotiation: on
Port: Direct Attach Copper
PHYAD: 0
Transceiver: internal
Link detected: no
$ ethtool -s swp1 speed 100000 lanes 2
$ ethtool swp1
Settings for swp1:
Supported ports: [ FIBRE Backplane ]
Supported link modes: 1000baseT/Full
10000baseT/Full
1000baseKX/Full
10000baseKR/Full
10000baseR_FEC
40000baseKR4/Full
40000baseCR4/Full
40000baseSR4/Full
40000baseLR4/Full
25000baseCR/Full
25000baseKR/Full
25000baseSR/Full
50000baseCR2/Full
50000baseKR2/Full
100000baseKR4/Full
100000baseSR4/Full
100000baseCR4/Full
100000baseLR4_ER4/Full
50000baseSR2/Full
10000baseCR/Full
10000baseSR/Full
10000baseLR/Full
10000baseER/Full
50000baseKR/Full
50000baseSR/Full
50000baseCR/Full
50000baseLR_ER_FR/Full
50000baseDR/Full
100000baseKR2/Full
100000baseSR2/Full
100000baseCR2/Full
100000baseLR2_ER2_FR2/Full
100000baseDR2/Full
200000baseKR4/Full
200000baseSR4/Full
200000baseLR4_ER4_FR4/Full
200000baseDR4/Full
200000baseCR4/Full
Supported pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only
Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
Supported FEC modes: Not reported
Advertised link modes: 100000baseKR2/Full
100000baseSR2/Full
100000baseCR2/Full
100000baseLR2_ER2_FR2/Full
100000baseDR2/Full
Advertised pause frame use: No
Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Advertised FEC modes: Not reported
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