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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst index 7e651ea33eab..dae36227d590 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst @@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ Userspace to kernel: ``ETHTOOL_MSG_EEE_SET`` set EEE settings ``ETHTOOL_MSG_TSINFO_GET`` get timestamping info ``ETHTOOL_MSG_CABLE_TEST_ACT`` action start cable test + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_CABLE_TEST_TDR_ACT`` action start raw TDR cable test ===================================== ================================ Kernel to userspace: @@ -237,6 +238,7 @@ Kernel to userspace: ``ETHTOOL_MSG_EEE_NTF`` EEE settings ``ETHTOOL_MSG_TSINFO_GET_REPLY`` timestamping info ``ETHTOOL_MSG_CABLE_TEST_NTF`` Cable test results + ``ETHTOOL_MSG_CABLE_TEST_TDR_NTF`` Cable test TDR results ===================================== ================================= ``GET`` requests are sent by userspace applications to retrieve device @@ -1014,6 +1016,84 @@ information. | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_FAULT_LENGTH_CM`` | u32 | length in cm | +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+ +CABLE_TEST TDR +============== + +Start a cable test and report raw TDR data + +Request contents: + + ==================================== ====== ========================== + ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TEST_TDR_HEADER`` nested request header + ==================================== ====== ========================== + +Notification contents: + +Raw TDR data is gathered by sending a pulse down the cable and +recording the amplitude of the reflected pulse for a given distance. + +It can take a number of seconds to collect TDR data, especial if the +full 100 meters is probed at 1 meter intervals. When the test is +started a notification will be sent containing just +ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TEST_TDR_STATUS with the value +ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TEST_NTF_STATUS_STARTED. + +When the test has completed a second notification will be sent +containing ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TEST_TDR_STATUS with the value +ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TEST_NTF_STATUS_COMPLETED and the TDR data. + +The message may optionally contain the amplitude of the pulse send +down the cable. This is measured in mV. A reflection should not be +bigger than transmitted pulse. + +Before the raw TDR data should be an ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TDR_NEST_STEP +nest containing information about the distance along the cable for the +first reading, the last reading, and the step between each +reading. Distances are measured in centimeters. These should be the +exact values the PHY used. These may be different to what the user +requested, if the native measurement resolution is greater than 1 cm. + +For each step along the cable, a ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TDR_NEST_AMPLITUDE is +used to report the amplitude of the reflection for a given pair. + + +---------------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ + | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TEST_TDR_HEADER`` | nested | reply header | + +---------------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ + | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TEST_TDR_STATUS`` | u8 | completed | + +---------------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ + | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TEST_TDR_NTF_NEST`` | nested | all the results | + +-+-------------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ + | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TDR_NEST_PULSE`` | nested | TX Pulse amplitude | + +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ + | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_PULSE_mV`` | s16 | Pulse amplitude | + +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ + | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_NEST_STEP`` | nested | TDR step info | + +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ + | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_STEP_FIRST_DISTANCE ``| u32 | First data distance | + +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ + | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_STEP_LAST_DISTANCE `` | u32 | Last data distance | + +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ + | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_STEP_STEP_DISTANCE `` | u32 | distance of each step| + +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ + | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TDR_NEST_AMPLITUDE`` | nested | Reflection amplitude | + +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ + | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_RESULTS_PAIR`` | u8 | pair number | + +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ + | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_AMPLITUDE_mV`` | s16 | Reflection amplitude | + +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ + | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TDR_NEST_AMPLITUDE`` | nested | Reflection amplitude | + +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ + | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_RESULTS_PAIR`` | u8 | pair number | + +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ + | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_AMPLITUDE_mV`` | s16 | Reflection amplitude | + +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ + | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TDR_NEST_AMPLITUDE`` | nested | Reflection amplitude | + +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ + | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_RESULTS_PAIR`` | u8 | pair number | + +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ + | | | ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_AMPLITUDE_mV`` | s16 | Reflection amplitude | + +-+-+-----------------------------------------+--------+----------------------+ + Request translation =================== @@ -1110,4 +1190,5 @@ are netlink only. ``ETHTOOL_GFECPARAM`` n/a ``ETHTOOL_SFECPARAM`` n/a n/a ''ETHTOOL_MSG_CABLE_TEST_ACT'' + n/a ''ETHTOOL_MSG_CABLE_TEST_TDR_ACT'' =================================== ===================================== |