networking/devlink/devlink-reload.rst

1 .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
7 ``devlink-reload`` provides mechanism to reinit driver entities, applying
8 ``devlink-params`` and ``devlink-resources`` new values. It also provides
9 mechanism to activate firmware.
17 .. list-table:: Possible reload actions
20    * - Name
21      - Description
22    * - ``driver-reinit``
23      - Devlink driver entities re-initialization, including applying
24        new values to devlink entities which are used during driver
27        * ``devlink-params`` in configuration mode ``driverinit``
28        * ``devlink-resources``
30        Other devlink entities may stay over the re-initialization:
32        * ``devlink-health-reporter``
33        * ``devlink-region``
35        The rest of the devlink entities have to be removed and readded.
36    * - ``fw_activate``
37      - Firmware activate. Activates new firmware if such image is stored and
43 implementation might require to perform another action alongside with
52 include reset or downtime as needed to perform the actions.
55 implementation to specific constraints.
57 .. list-table:: Possible reload limits
60    * - Name
61      - Description
62    * - ``no_reset``
63      - No reset allowed, no down time allowed, no link flap and no
69 The netns option allows user to be able to move devlink instances into
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81     # Run reload command for devlink driver entities re-initialization:
86     # Run reload command to activate firmware: