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
25        load such as ``devlink-params`` in configuration mode
26        ``driverinit`` or ``devlink-resources``
27    * - ``fw_activate``
28      - Firmware activate. Activates new firmware if such image is stored and
30        firmware reset. If no new image pending this action will reload current
31        firmware image.
43 include reset or downtime as needed to perform the actions.
48 .. list-table:: Possible reload limits
51    * - Name
52      - Description
53    * - ``no_reset``
54      - No reset allowed, no down time allowed, no link flap and no
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72     # Run reload command for devlink driver entities re-initialization:
77     # Run reload command to activate firmware:
78     # Note that mlx5 driver reloads the driver while activating firmware