On Thu, 28 Feb 2019 21:03:42 -0800, Jeff Kirsher wrote: > From: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktio...@intel.com> > > This patch introduces DDP (Dynamic Device Personalization) which allows > loading profiles that change the way internal parser interprets processed > frames. To load DDP profiles it utilizes ethtool flash feature. The files > with recipes must be located in /var/lib/firmware directory. Afterwards > the recipe can be loaded by invoking: > > ethtool -f <if_name> <file_name> 100 > ethtool -f <if_name> - 100 > > See further usage details of this feature in the i40e documentation, or > visit > https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/dynamic-device-personalization-for-intel-ethernet-700-series
This link talks about DPDK only, is this useful for Linux networking? > The driver shall verify DDP profile can be loaded in accordance with > the rules: > * Package with Group ID 0 are exclusive and can only be loaded the first. > * Packages with Group ID 0x01-0xFE can only be loaded simultaneously > with the packages from the same group. > * Packages with Group ID 0xFF are compatible with all other packages. > > Signed-off-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktio...@intel.com> > Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bow...@intel.com> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirs...@intel.com>
