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
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
34 implementation might require to perform another action alongside with
43 include reset or downtime as needed to perform the actions.
46 implementation to specific constraints.
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
60 The netns option allows user to be able to move devlink instances into
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72     # Run reload command for devlink driver entities re-initialization:
77     # Run reload command to activate firmware: