linux/net
Vidya Sagar Ravipati 1a5f3da20b net: ethtool: add support for forward error correction modes
Forward Error Correction (FEC) modes i.e Base-R
and Reed-Solomon modes are introduced in 25G/40G/100G standards
for providing good BER at high speeds. Various networking devices
which support 25G/40G/100G provides ability to manage supported FEC
modes and the lack of FEC encoding control and reporting today is a
source for interoperability issues for many vendors.
FEC capability as well as specific FEC mode i.e. Base-R
or RS modes can be requested or advertised through bits D44:47 of
base link codeword.

This patch set intends to provide option under ethtool to manage
and report FEC encoding settings for networking devices as per
IEEE 802.3 bj, bm and by specs.

set-fec/show-fec option(s) are designed to provide control and
report the FEC encoding on the link.

SET FEC option:
root@tor: ethtool --set-fec  swp1 encoding [off | RS | BaseR | auto]

Encoding: Types of encoding
Off    :  Turning off any encoding
RS     :  enforcing RS-FEC encoding on supported speeds
BaseR  :  enforcing Base R encoding on supported speeds
Auto   :  IEEE defaults for the speed/medium combination

Here are a few examples of what we would expect if encoding=auto:
- if autoneg is on, we are  expecting FEC to be negotiated as on or off
  as long as protocol supports it
- if the hardware is capable of detecting the FEC encoding on it's
      receiver it will reconfigure its encoder to match
- in absence of the above, the configuration would be set to IEEE
  defaults.

>From our  understanding , this is essentially what most hardware/driver
combinations are doing today in the absence of a way for users to
control the behavior.

SHOW FEC option:
root@tor: ethtool --show-fec  swp1
FEC parameters for swp1:
Active FEC encodings: RS
Configured FEC encodings:  RS | BaseR

ETHTOOL DEVNAME output modification:

ethtool devname output:
root@tor:~# ethtool swp1
Settings for swp1:
root@hpe-7712-03:~# ethtool swp18
Settings for swp18:
    Supported ports: [ FIBRE ]
    Supported link modes:   40000baseCR4/Full
                            40000baseSR4/Full
                            40000baseLR4/Full
                            100000baseSR4/Full
                            100000baseCR4/Full
                            100000baseLR4_ER4/Full
    Supported pause frame use: No
    Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
    Supported FEC modes: [RS | BaseR | None | Not reported]
    Advertised link modes:  Not reported
    Advertised pause frame use: No
    Advertised auto-negotiation: No
    Advertised FEC modes: [RS | BaseR | None | Not reported]
<<<< One or more FEC modes
    Speed: 100000Mb/s
    Duplex: Full
    Port: FIBRE
    PHYAD: 106
    Transceiver: internal
    Auto-negotiation: off
    Link detected: yes

This patch includes following changes
a) New ETHTOOL_SFECPARAM/SFECPARAM API, handled by
  the new get_fecparam/set_fecparam callbacks, provides support
  for configuration of forward error correction modes.
b) Link mode bits for FEC modes i.e. None (No FEC mode), RS, BaseR/FC
  are defined so that users can configure these fec modes for supported
  and advertising fields as part of link autonegotiation.

Signed-off-by: Vidya Sagar Ravipati <vidya.chowdary@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Dustin Byford <dustin@cumulusnetworks.com>
Signed-off-by: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@cumulusnetworks.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2017-07-29 23:23:44 -07:00
..
6lowpan 6lowpan: Don't set IFF_NO_QUEUE 2017-04-12 22:02:40 +02:00
9p Merge branch 'work.mount' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-07-15 12:00:42 -07:00
802 net: introduce __skb_put_[zero, data, u8] 2017-06-20 13:30:14 -04:00
8021q net: add netlink_ext_ack argument to rtnl_link_ops.validate 2017-06-26 23:13:22 -04:00
appletalk networking: make skb_push & __skb_push return void pointers 2017-06-16 11:48:40 -04:00
atm net, atm: convert eg_cache_entry.use from atomic_t to refcount_t 2017-07-04 22:35:16 +01:00
ax25 net, ax25: convert ax25_cb.refcount from atomic_t to refcount_t 2017-07-04 22:35:19 +01:00
batman-adv networking: make skb_put & friends return void pointers 2017-06-16 11:48:39 -04:00
bluetooth 6lowpan: fix set not used warning 2017-07-25 12:31:37 -07:00
bpf bpf: Align packet data properly in program testing framework. 2017-05-02 11:46:28 -04:00
bridge net: bridge: fix dest lookup when vlan proto doesn't match 2017-07-14 08:19:23 -07:00
caif net: convert sock.sk_wmem_alloc from atomic_t to refcount_t 2017-07-01 07:39:08 -07:00
can networking: introduce and use skb_put_data() 2017-06-16 11:48:37 -04:00
ceph libceph: potential NULL dereference in ceph_msg_data_create() 2017-07-17 14:54:59 +02:00
core net: ethtool: add support for forward error correction modes 2017-07-29 23:23:44 -07:00
dcb dcb: enforce minimum length on IEEE_APPS attribute 2017-05-21 13:42:33 -04:00
dccp dccp: make const array error_code static 2017-07-13 09:24:02 -07:00
decnet net, decnet: convert dn_fib_info.fib_clntref from atomic_t to refcount_t 2017-07-04 22:35:15 +01:00
dns_resolver
dsa net: dsa: unexport dsa_is_port_initialized 2017-07-19 16:28:17 -07:00
ethernet networking: make skb_push & __skb_push return void pointers 2017-06-16 11:48:40 -04:00
hsr net: add netlink_ext_ack argument to rtnl_link_ops.newlink 2017-06-26 23:13:21 -04:00
ieee802154 net: add netlink_ext_ack argument to rtnl_link_ops.validate 2017-06-26 23:13:22 -04:00
ife
ipv4 tcp: remove redundant argument from tcp_rcv_established() 2017-07-24 17:28:12 -07:00
ipv6 ipv6: constify inet6_protocol structures 2017-07-28 18:52:56 -07:00
ipx net, ipx: convert ipx_route.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t 2017-07-04 22:35:17 +01:00
irda Merge branch 'work.memdup_user' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-07-05 16:05:24 -07:00
iucv iucv: Convert sk_wmem_alloc accesses to refcount_t. 2017-07-03 02:31:22 -07:00
kcm net: convert sock.sk_wmem_alloc from atomic_t to refcount_t 2017-07-01 07:39:08 -07:00
key xfrm: remove flow cache 2017-07-18 11:13:41 -07:00
l2tp l2tp: constify inet6_protocol structures 2017-07-28 18:52:56 -07:00
l3mdev
lapb net, lapb: convert lapb_cb.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t 2017-07-04 22:35:16 +01:00
llc net, llc: convert llc_sap.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t 2017-07-04 22:35:15 +01:00
mac80211 net: manual clean code which call skb_put_[data:zero] 2017-06-20 13:30:15 -04:00
mac802154 net: Fix inconsistent teardown and release of private netdev state. 2017-06-07 15:53:24 -04:00
mpls mpls: fix uninitialized in_label var warning in mpls_getroute 2017-07-08 11:26:41 +01:00
ncsi networking: make skb_push & __skb_push return void pointers 2017-06-16 11:48:40 -04:00
netfilter netfilter: remove unused variable 2017-07-25 12:31:37 -07:00
netlabel netlink: pass extended ACK struct to parsing functions 2017-04-13 13:58:22 -04:00
netlink net: convert sock.sk_refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t 2017-07-01 07:39:08 -07:00
netrom net, netrom: convert nr_node.refcount from atomic_t to refcount_t 2017-07-04 22:35:17 +01:00
nfc NFC: Add sockaddr length checks before accessing sa_family in bind handlers 2017-06-23 00:38:31 +02:00
openvswitch Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-07-21 03:38:43 +01:00
packet Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-07-21 03:38:43 +01:00
phonet net: convert sock.sk_refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t 2017-07-01 07:39:08 -07:00
psample networking: make skb_put & friends return void pointers 2017-06-16 11:48:39 -04:00
qrtr networking: make skb_put & friends return void pointers 2017-06-16 11:48:39 -04:00
rds Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-07-21 03:38:43 +01:00
rfkill net: rfkill: gpio: Switch to devm_acpi_dev_add_driver_gpios() 2017-06-13 11:07:51 +02:00
rose
rxrpc rxrpc: Move the packet.h include file into net/rxrpc/ 2017-07-21 11:00:20 +01:00
sched Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-07-21 03:38:43 +01:00
sctp sctp: remove the typedef sctp_abort_chunk_t 2017-07-24 16:01:20 -07:00
smc net/smc: synchronize buffer usage with device 2017-07-29 11:22:58 -07:00
strparser
sunrpc NFS client updates for Linux 4.13 2017-07-13 14:35:37 -07:00
switchdev net: switchdev: Change notifier chain to be atomic 2017-06-08 14:16:24 -04:00
tipc net: convert sock.sk_refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t 2017-07-01 07:39:08 -07:00
tls TLS: Fix length check in do_tls_getsockopt_tx() 2017-07-06 10:58:19 +01:00
unix net/unix: drop obsolete fd-recursion limits 2017-07-17 08:57:59 -07:00
vmw_vsock net: manual clean code which call skb_put_[data:zero] 2017-06-20 13:30:15 -04:00
wimax
wireless netlink validation fixes for nl80211 2017-07-07 11:35:55 +01:00
x25 net, x25: convert x25_neigh.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t 2017-07-04 22:35:18 +01:00
xfrm xfrm: add xdst pcpu cache 2017-07-18 11:13:41 -07:00
compat.c get_compat_bpf_fprog(): don't copyin field-by-field 2017-07-04 13:14:34 -04:00
Kconfig tls: kernel TLS support 2017-06-15 12:12:40 -04:00
Makefile tls: kernel TLS support 2017-06-15 12:12:40 -04:00
socket.c socket: fix set not used warning 2017-07-25 12:31:37 -07:00
sysctl_net.c sysctl: Remove dead register_sysctl_root 2017-04-16 23:42:49 -05:00