linux/Documentation/networking/devlink-info-versions.rst
Shannon Nelson 7d5aa9a524 devlink: Add new info version tags for ASIC and FW
The current tag set is still rather small and needs a couple
more tags to help with ASIC identification and to have a
more generic FW version.

Cc: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com>
Signed-off-by: Shannon Nelson <snelson@pensando.io>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2019-09-05 09:24:43 +02:00

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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
=====================
Devlink info versions
=====================
board.id
========
Unique identifier of the board design.
board.rev
=========
Board design revision.
asic.id
=======
ASIC design identifier.
asic.rev
========
ASIC design revision.
board.manufacture
=================
An identifier of the company or the facility which produced the part.
fw
==
Overall firmware version, often representing the collection of
fw.mgmt, fw.app, etc.
fw.mgmt
=======
Control unit firmware version. This firmware is responsible for house
keeping tasks, PHY control etc. but not the packet-by-packet data path
operation.
fw.app
======
Data path microcode controlling high-speed packet processing.
fw.undi
=======
UNDI software, may include the UEFI driver, firmware or both.
fw.ncsi
=======
Version of the software responsible for supporting/handling the
Network Controller Sideband Interface.
fw.psid
=======
Unique identifier of the firmware parameter set.