From 2fb429c04c2da29701c250351bb8877f9d0e5ac2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Edward Cree Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2018 15:04:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 17/18] ethtool.8: Document RSS context control and RSS filters Signed-off-by: Edward Cree Signed-off-by: John W. Linville (cherry picked from commit 172d6f10021dcce940d0354b266a9f4bbfde0b94) --- ethtool.8.in | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) diff --git a/ethtool.8.in b/ethtool.8.in index 6816020..dd2e3f5 100644 --- a/ethtool.8.in +++ b/ethtool.8.in @@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ ethtool \- query or control network driver and hardware settings .BM user\-def .RB [ dst-mac \ \*(MA\ [ m \ \*(MA]] .BN action +.BN context .BN loc .RB | .br @@ -303,6 +304,10 @@ ethtool \- query or control network driver and hardware settings .RB ...\ | \ default \ ] .RB [ hfunc .IR FUNC ] +.RB [ context +.I CTX +.RB |\ new ] +.RB [ delete ] .HP .B ethtool \-f|\-\-flash .I devname file @@ -832,6 +837,13 @@ lB l. 0 or higher Rx queue to route the flow .TE .TP +.BI context \ N +Specifies the RSS context to spread packets over multiple queues; either +.B 0 +for the default RSS context, or a value returned by +.BI ethtool\ -X\ ... \ context +.BR new . +.TP .BI loc \ N Specify the location/ID to insert the rule. This will overwrite any rule present in that location and will not go through any @@ -883,6 +895,22 @@ must be non-zero and must not exceed the size of the indirection table. .TP .BI default Sets the receive flow hash indirection table to its default value. +.TP +\fBcontext \fICTX\fR | \fBnew\fR +Specifies an RSS context to act on; either +.B new +to allocate a new RSS context, or +.IR CTX , +a value returned by a previous +.IB ... \ context +.BR new . +.TP +.B delete +Delete the specified RSS context. May only be used in conjunction with +.B context +and a non-zero +.I CTX +value. .RE .TP .B \-f \-\-flash -- 1.8.3.1