From 2fb429c04c2da29701c250351bb8877f9d0e5ac2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Edward Cree <ecree@solarflare.com>
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 <ecree@solarflare.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
(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