netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/7] Support setting lanes via ethtool

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Date:   Thu, 17 Dec 2020 21:54:53 +0800
From:   "lipeng (Y)" <lipeng321@...wei.com>
To:     Danielle Ratson <danieller@...lanox.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     <davem@...emloft.net>, <kuba@...nel.org>, <jiri@...dia.com>,
        <andrew@...n.ch>, <f.fainelli@...il.com>, <mkubecek@...e.cz>,
        <mlxsw@...dia.com>, <idosch@...dia.com>,
        Danielle Ratson <danieller@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/7] Support setting lanes via ethtool


在 2020/12/17 16:57, Danielle Ratson 写道:
> From: Danielle Ratson <danieller@...dia.com>
>
> Some speeds can be achieved with different number of lanes. For example,
> 100Gbps can be achieved using two lanes of 50Gbps or four lanes of
> 25Gbps. This patch set adds a new selector that allows ethtool to


patch set -> patchset


> advertise link modes according to their number of lanes and also force a
> specific number of lanes when autonegotiation is off.
>
> Advertising all link modes with a speed of 100Gbps that use two lanes:
>
> # ethtool -s swp1 speed 100000 lanes 2 autoneg on
>
> Forcing a speed of 100Gbps using four lanes:
>
> # ethtool -s swp1 speed 100000 lanes 4 autoneg off
>
> Patch set overview:
>
> Patch #1 allows user space to configure the desired number of lanes.
>
> Patch #2-#3 adjusts ethtool to dump to user space the number of lanes
> currently in use.
>
> Patches #4-#6 add support for lanes configuration in mlxsw.
>
> Patch #7 adds a selftest.
>
> v2:
> 	* Patch #1:Remove ETHTOOL_LANES defines and simply use a number
> 	  instead.
> 	* Patches #2,#6: Pass link mode from driver to ethtool instead of
> 	  the parameters themselves.
> 	* Patch #5: Add an actual width field for spectrum-2 link modes
> 	  in order to set the suitable link mode when lanes parameter is
> 	  passed.
> 	* Patch #6: Changed lanes to be unsigned in
> 	  'struct link_mode_info'.
> 	* Patch #7: Remove the test for recieving max_width when lanes is
> 	  not set by user. When not setting lanes, we don't promise
> 	  anything regarding what number of lanes will be chosen.
>
> Danielle Ratson (7):
>    ethtool: Extend link modes settings uAPI with lanes
>    ethtool: Get link mode in use instead of speed and duplex parameters
>    ethtool: Expose the number of lanes in use
>    mlxsw: ethtool: Remove max lanes filtering
>    mlxsw: ethtool: Add support for setting lanes when autoneg is off
>    mlxsw: ethtool: Pass link mode in use to ethtool
>    net: selftests: Add lanes setting test
>
>   Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst  |  12 +-
>   .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.h    |  13 +-
>   .../mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_ethtool.c         | 168 +++++----
>   include/linux/ethtool.h                       |   5 +
>   include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h                  |   4 +
>   include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h          |   1 +
>   net/ethtool/linkmodes.c                       | 321 +++++++++++-------
>   net/ethtool/netlink.h                         |   2 +-
>   .../selftests/net/forwarding/ethtool_lanes.sh | 186 ++++++++++
>   .../selftests/net/forwarding/ethtool_lib.sh   |  34 ++
>   tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh |  28 ++
>   11 files changed, 570 insertions(+), 204 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/ethtool_lanes.sh
>