linux/Documentation/networking/devlink/index.rst
Jakub Kicinski cd556e40fd devlink: expand the devlink-info documentation
We are having multiple review cycles with all vendors trying
to implement devlink-info. Let's expand the documentation with
more information about what's implemented and motivation behind
this interface in an attempt to make the implementations easier.

Describe what each info section is supposed to contain, and make
some references to other HW interfaces (PCI caps).

Document how firmware management is expected to look, to make
it clear how devlink-info and devlink-flash work in concert.

Name some future work.

v2: - improve wording
v3: - improve wording

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2020-03-24 16:47:33 -07:00

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Linux Devlink Documentation
===========================
devlink is an API to expose device information and resources not directly
related to any device class, such as chip-wide/switch-ASIC-wide configuration.
Interface documentation
-----------------------
The following pages describe various interfaces available through devlink in
general.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
devlink-dpipe
devlink-health
devlink-info
devlink-flash
devlink-params
devlink-region
devlink-resource
devlink-trap
Driver-specific documentation
-----------------------------
Each driver that implements ``devlink`` is expected to document what
parameters, info versions, and other features it supports.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
bnxt
ionic
ice
mlx4
mlx5
mlxsw
mv88e6xxx
netdevsim
nfp
qed
ti-cpsw-switch