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Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2020 00:13:42 +0200
From: Parav Pandit <parav@...dia.com>
To: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <davem@...emloft.net>, <kuba@...nel.org>
CC: <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>, Parav Pandit <parav@...dia.com>,
Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v5] devlink: Add devlink port documentation
Added documentation for devlink port and port function related commands.
Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@...dia.com>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>
Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
---
Changelog:
v4->v5:
- described logically ingress and egress point of devlink port
- removed networking from devlink port description
- rephrased port type description
- introdue PCI controller section and description
- rephrased controller, device, function description
- removed confusing eswitch to system wording
- rephrased port function description
- added example of mac address in port function attribute description
v3->v4:
- changed 'exist' to 'exists'
- added 'an' eswitch
- changed 'can have one' to 'consists of'
- changed 'who intents' to 'that intends'
- removed unnecessary comma
- rewrote description for the example diagram
- changed 'controller consist of' to 'controller consists of'
v2->v3:
- rephrased many lines
- first paragraph now describe devlink port
- instead of saying PCI device/function, using PCI function every
where
- changed 'physical link layer' to 'link layer'
- made devlink port type description more clear
- made devlink port flavour description more clear
- moved devlink port type table after port flavour
- added description for the example diagram
- describe CPU port that its linked to DSA
- made devlink port description for eswitch port more clear
v1->v2:
- Removed duplicate table entries for DEVLINK_PORT_FLAVOUR_VIRTUAL.
- replaced 'consist of' to 'consisting'
- changed 'can be' to 'can be of'
---
.../networking/devlink/devlink-port.rst | 116 ++++++++++++++++++
Documentation/networking/devlink/index.rst | 1 +
2 files changed, 117 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-port.rst
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-port.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-port.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dce87d2c07ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-port.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+============
+Devlink Port
+============
+
+``devlink-port`` is a port that exists on the device. It has a logically
+separate ingress/egress point of the device. A devlink port can be of one
+among many flavours. A devlink port flavour along with port attributes
+describe what a port represents.
+
+A device driver that intends to publish a devlink port sets the
+devlink port attributes and registers the devlink port.
+
+Devlink port flavours are described below.
+
+.. list-table:: List of devlink port flavours
+ :widths: 33 90
+
+ * - Flavour
+ - Description
+ * - ``DEVLINK_PORT_FLAVOUR_PHYSICAL``
+ - Any kind of physical networking port. This can be an eswitch physical
+ port or any other physical port on the device.
+ * - ``DEVLINK_PORT_FLAVOUR_DSA``
+ - This indicates a DSA interconnect port.
+ * - ``DEVLINK_PORT_FLAVOUR_CPU``
+ - This indicates a CPU port applicable only to DSA.
+ * - ``DEVLINK_PORT_FLAVOUR_PCI_PF``
+ - This indicates an eswitch port representing a networking port of
+ PCI physical function (PF).
+ * - ``DEVLINK_PORT_FLAVOUR_PCI_VF``
+ - This indicates an eswitch port representing a networking port of
+ PCI virtual function (VF).
+ * - ``DEVLINK_PORT_FLAVOUR_VIRTUAL``
+ - This indicates a virtual port for the virtual PCI device such as PCI VF.
+
+Devlink port can have a different type based on the link layer described below.
+
+.. list-table:: List of devlink port types
+ :widths: 23 90
+
+ * - Type
+ - Description
+ * - ``DEVLINK_PORT_TYPE_ETH``
+ - Driver should set this port type when a link layer of the port is
+ Ethernet.
+ * - ``DEVLINK_PORT_TYPE_IB``
+ - Driver should set this port type when a link layer of the port is
+ InfiniBand.
+ * - ``DEVLINK_PORT_TYPE_AUTO``
+ - This type is indicated by the user when driver should detect the port
+ type automatically.
+
+PCI controllers
+---------------
+In most cases PCI device has only one controller. A controller consists of
+potentially multiple physical and virtual functions. Such PCI function consists
+of one or more ports. This port of the function is represented by the devlink
+eswitch port.
+
+A PCI Device connected to multiple CPUs or multiple PCI root complex or
+SmartNIC, however, may have multiple controllers. For a device with multiple
+controllers, each controller is distinguished by a unique controller number.
+An eswitch on the PCI device may suppport ports of multiple controllers.
+
+An example view of two controller systems::
+
+In this example, external controller (identified by controller number = 1)
+doesn't have eswitch. Local controller (identified by controller number = 0)
+has the eswitch. Devlink instance on local controller has eswitch devlink
+ports representing ports for both the controllers.
+
+ ---------------------------------------------------------
+ | |
+ | --------- --------- ------- ------- |
+ ----------- | | vf(s) | | sf(s) | |vf(s)| |sf(s)| |
+ | server | | ------- ----/---- ---/----- ------- ---/--- ---/--- |
+ | pci rc |=== | pf0 |______/________/ | pf1 |___/_______/ |
+ | connect | | ------- ------- |
+ ----------- | | controller_num=1 (no eswitch) |
+ ------|--------------------------------------------------
+ (internal wire)
+ |
+ ---------------------------------------------------------
+ | devlink eswitch ports and reps |
+ | ----------------------------------------------------- |
+ | |ctrl-0 | ctrl-0 | ctrl-0 | ctrl-0 | ctrl-0 |ctrl-0 | |
+ | |pf0 | pf0vfN | pf0sfN | pf1 | pf1vfN |pf1sfN | |
+ | ----------------------------------------------------- |
+ | |ctrl-1 | ctrl-1 | ctrl-1 | ctrl-1 | ctrl-1 |ctrl-1 | |
+ | |pf0 | pf0vfN | pf0sfN | pf1 | pf1vfN |pf1sfN | |
+ | ----------------------------------------------------- |
+ | |
+ | |
+ ----------- | --------- --------- ------- ------- |
+ | smartNIC| | | vf(s) | | sf(s) | |vf(s)| |sf(s)| |
+ | pci rc |==| ------- ----/---- ---/----- ------- ---/--- ---/--- |
+ | connect | | | pf0 |______/________/ | pf1 |___/_______/ |
+ ----------- | ------- ------- |
+ | |
+ | local controller_num=0 (eswitch) |
+ ---------------------------------------------------------
+
+Port function configuration
+===========================
+
+A user can configure the port function attribute before enumerating the
+PCI function. Usually it means, user should configure port function attribute
+before a bus specific device for the function is created. However, when
+SRIOV is enabled, virtual function devices are created on the PCI bus.
+Hence, function attribute should be configured before binding virtual
+function device to the driver.
+
+User may set the hardware address of the function represented by the devlink
+port function. For Ethernet port function this means a MAC address.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/index.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/index.rst
index d82874760ae2..aab79667f97b 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/index.rst
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ general.
devlink-info
devlink-flash
devlink-params
+ devlink-port
devlink-region
devlink-resource
devlink-reload
--
2.26.2
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