From: Danielle Ratson <danieller@nvidia.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: Ido Schimmel <idosch@idosch.org>,
"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
"davem@davemloft.net" <davem@davemloft.net>,
"Jiri Pirko" <jiri@nvidia.com>, "andrew@lunn.ch" <andrew@lunn.ch>,
"f.fainelli@gmail.com" <f.fainelli@gmail.com>,
"mkubecek@suse.cz" <mkubecek@suse.cz>, mlxsw <mlxsw@nvidia.com>,
Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>,
"johannes@sipsolutions.net" <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next 1/6] ethtool: Extend link modes settings uAPI with lanes
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2020 14:29:29 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <DM6PR12MB3865E4CB3854ECF70F5864D7D8040@DM6PR12MB3865.namprd12.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201012085803.61e256e6@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 12, 2020 6:58 PM
> To: Danielle Ratson <danieller@nvidia.com>
> Cc: Ido Schimmel <idosch@idosch.org>; netdev@vger.kernel.org;
> davem@davemloft.net; Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>; andrew@lunn.ch;
> f.fainelli@gmail.com; mkubecek@suse.cz; mlxsw <mlxsw@nvidia.com>; Ido
> Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>; johannes@sipsolutions.net
> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/6] ethtool: Extend link modes settings uAPI
> with lanes
>
> On Mon, 12 Oct 2020 15:33:45 +0000 Danielle Ratson wrote:
> > > What's the use for this in practical terms? Isn't the lane count
> > > basically implied by the module that gets plugged in?
> >
> > The use is to enable the user to decide how to achieve a certain speed.
> > For example, if he wants to get 100G and the port has 4 lanes, the
> > speed can be achieved it using both 2 lanes of 50G and 4 lanes of 25G,
> > as a port with 4 lanes width can work in 2 lanes mode with double
> > speed each. So, by specifying "lanes 2" he will achieve 100G using 2
> > lanes of 50G.
>
> Can you give a concrete example of serdes capabilities of the port, what SFP
> gets plugged in and what configuration user wants to select?
Example:
- swp1 is a 200G port with 4 lanes.
- QSFP28 is plugged in.
- The user wants to select configuration of 100G speed using 2 lanes, 50G each.
$ ethtool swp1
Settings for swp1:
Supported ports: [ FIBRE Backplane ]
Supported link modes: 1000baseT/Full
10000baseT/Full
1000baseKX/Full
10000baseKR/Full
10000baseR_FEC
40000baseKR4/Full
40000baseCR4/Full
40000baseSR4/Full
40000baseLR4/Full
25000baseCR/Full
25000baseKR/Full
25000baseSR/Full
50000baseCR2/Full
50000baseKR2/Full
100000baseKR4/Full
100000baseSR4/Full
100000baseCR4/Full
100000baseLR4_ER4/Full
50000baseSR2/Full
10000baseCR/Full
10000baseSR/Full
10000baseLR/Full
10000baseER/Full
50000baseKR/Full
50000baseSR/Full
50000baseCR/Full
50000baseLR_ER_FR/Full
50000baseDR/Full
100000baseKR2/Full
100000baseSR2/Full
100000baseCR2/Full
100000baseLR2_ER2_FR2/Full
100000baseDR2/Full
200000baseKR4/Full
200000baseSR4/Full
200000baseLR4_ER4_FR4/Full
200000baseDR4/Full
200000baseCR4/Full
Advertised link modes: 1000baseT/Full
10000baseT/Full
1000baseKX/Full
10000baseKR/Full
10000baseR_FEC
40000baseKR4/Full
40000baseCR4/Full
40000baseSR4/Full
40000baseLR4/Full
25000baseCR/Full
25000baseKR/Full
25000baseSR/Full
50000baseCR2/Full
50000baseKR2/Full
100000baseKR4/Full
100000baseSR4/Full
100000baseCR4/Full
100000baseLR4_ER4/Full
50000baseSR2/Full
10000baseCR/Full
10000baseSR/Full
10000baseLR/Full
10000baseER/Full
50000baseKR/Full
50000baseSR/Full
50000baseCR/Full
50000baseLR_ER_FR/Full
50000baseDR/Full
100000baseKR2/Full
100000baseSR2/Full
100000baseCR2/Full
100000baseLR2_ER2_FR2/Full
100000baseDR2/Full
200000baseKR4/Full
200000baseSR4/Full
200000baseLR4_ER4_FR4/Full
200000baseDR4/Full
200000baseCR4/Full
Advertised pause frame use: No
Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Advertised FEC modes: Not reported
Speed: Unknown!
Lanes: Unknown!
Duplex: Unknown! (255)
Auto-negotiation: on
Port: Direct Attach Copper
PHYAD: 0
Transceiver: internal
Link detected: no
$ ethtool -s swp1 speed 100000 lanes 2
$ ethtool swp1
Settings for swp1:
Supported ports: [ FIBRE Backplane ]
Supported link modes: 1000baseT/Full
10000baseT/Full
1000baseKX/Full
10000baseKR/Full
10000baseR_FEC
40000baseKR4/Full
40000baseCR4/Full
40000baseSR4/Full
40000baseLR4/Full
25000baseCR/Full
25000baseKR/Full
25000baseSR/Full
50000baseCR2/Full
50000baseKR2/Full
100000baseKR4/Full
100000baseSR4/Full
100000baseCR4/Full
100000baseLR4_ER4/Full
50000baseSR2/Full
10000baseCR/Full
10000baseSR/Full
10000baseLR/Full
10000baseER/Full
50000baseKR/Full
50000baseSR/Full
50000baseCR/Full
50000baseLR_ER_FR/Full
50000baseDR/Full
100000baseKR2/Full
100000baseSR2/Full
100000baseCR2/Full
100000baseLR2_ER2_FR2/Full
100000baseDR2/Full
200000baseKR4/Full
200000baseSR4/Full
200000baseLR4_ER4_FR4/Full
200000baseDR4/Full
200000baseCR4/Full
Supported pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only
Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
Supported FEC modes: Not reported
Advertised link modes: 100000baseKR2/Full
100000baseSR2/Full
100000baseCR2/Full
100000baseLR2_ER2_FR2/Full
100000baseDR2/Full
Advertised pause frame use: No
Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Advertised FEC modes: Not reported
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-10-13 14:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-10 15:41 [PATCH net-next 0/6] Support setting lanes via ethtool Ido Schimmel
2020-10-10 15:41 ` [PATCH net-next 1/6] ethtool: Extend link modes settings uAPI with lanes Ido Schimmel
2020-10-11 22:37 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-10-12 15:33 ` Danielle Ratson
2020-10-12 15:58 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-10-13 14:29 ` Danielle Ratson [this message]
2020-10-13 15:43 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-10-16 22:15 ` Andrew Lunn
2020-10-19 7:19 ` Danielle Ratson
2020-10-19 11:04 ` Michal Kubecek
2020-10-19 12:26 ` Jiri Pirko
2020-10-19 13:24 ` Michal Kubecek
2020-10-20 7:39 ` Danielle Ratson
2020-10-21 7:08 ` Michal Kubecek
2020-10-21 7:20 ` Danielle Ratson
2020-10-21 8:47 ` Michal Kubecek
2020-10-22 6:15 ` Danielle Ratson
2020-10-22 16:27 ` Michal Kubecek
2020-11-23 9:47 ` Danielle Ratson
2020-11-24 22:12 ` Michal Kubecek
2020-11-25 10:35 ` Danielle Ratson
2020-11-26 21:07 ` Michal Kubecek
2020-12-01 17:22 ` Danielle Ratson
2020-12-02 0:52 ` Edwin Peer
2020-12-02 1:17 ` Edwin Peer
2020-10-19 12:24 ` Jiri Pirko
2020-10-19 12:38 ` Andrew Lunn
2020-10-12 16:40 ` Michal Kubecek
2020-10-12 19:10 ` Johannes Berg
2020-10-12 20:08 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-10-12 17:03 ` Michal Kubecek
2020-11-19 20:38 ` Edwin Peer
2020-11-23 9:40 ` Jiri Pirko
2020-11-30 17:01 ` Edwin Peer
2020-11-30 17:14 ` Jiri Pirko
2020-11-30 18:00 ` Edwin Peer
2020-12-01 11:22 ` Jiri Pirko
2020-12-02 0:32 ` Edwin Peer
2020-12-02 10:09 ` Jiri Pirko
2020-12-02 17:53 ` Edwin Peer
2020-10-10 15:41 ` [PATCH net-next 2/6] ethtool: Expose the number of lanes in use Ido Schimmel
2020-10-10 15:41 ` [PATCH net-next 3/6] mlxsw: ethtool: Remove max lanes filtering Ido Schimmel
2020-10-10 15:41 ` [PATCH net-next 4/6] mlxsw: ethtool: Add support for setting lanes when autoneg is off Ido Schimmel
2020-10-10 15:41 ` [PATCH net-next 5/6] mlxsw: ethtool: Expose the number of lanes in use Ido Schimmel
2020-10-10 15:41 ` [PATCH net-next 6/6] net: selftests: Add lanes setting test Ido Schimmel
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