From: Paul M Stillwell Jr <paul.m.stillwell.jr@xxxxxxxxx> Add documentation for FW logging in Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ice.rst Signed-off-by: Paul M Stillwell Jr <paul.m.stillwell.jr@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@xxxxxxxxx> --- .../device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ice.rst | 141 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 141 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ice.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ice.rst index e4d065c55ea8..5038e54586af 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ice.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ice.rst @@ -895,6 +895,147 @@ driver writes raw bytes by the GNSS object to the receiver through i2c. Please refer to the hardware GNSS module documentation for configuration details. +Firmware (FW) logging +--------------------- +The driver supports FW logging via the debugfs interface on PF 0 only. The FW +running on the NIC must support FW logging; if the FW doesn't support FW logging +the 'fwlog' file will not get created in the ice debugfs directory. + +Module configuration +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Firmware logging is configured on a per module basis. Each module can be set to +a value independent of the other modules (unless the module 'all' is specified). +The modules will be instantiated under the 'fwlog/modules' directory. + +The user can set the log level for a module by writing to the module file like +this:: + + # echo <log_level> > /sys/kernel/debug/ice/0000\:18\:00.0/fwlog/modules/<module> + +where + +* log_level is a name as described below. Each level includes the + messages from the previous/lower level + + * none + * error + * warning + * normal + * verbose + +* module is a name that represents the module to receive events for. The + module names are + + * general + * ctrl + * link + * link_topo + * dnl + * i2c + * sdp + * mdio + * adminq + * hdma + * lldp + * dcbx + * dcb + * xlr + * nvm + * auth + * vpd + * iosf + * parser + * sw + * scheduler + * txq + * rsvd + * post + * watchdog + * task_dispatch + * mng + * synce + * health + * tsdrv + * pfreg + * mdlver + * all + +The name 'all' is special and allows the user to set all of the modules to the +specified log_level or to read the log_level of all of the modules. + +Example usage to configure the modules +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +To set a single module to 'verbose':: + + # echo verbose > /sys/kernel/debug/ice/0000\:18\:00.0/fwlog/modules/link + +To set multiple modules then issue the command multiple times:: + + # echo verbose > /sys/kernel/debug/ice/0000\:18\:00.0/fwlog/modules/link + # echo warning > /sys/kernel/debug/ice/0000\:18\:00.0/fwlog/modules/ctrl + # echo none > /sys/kernel/debug/ice/0000\:18\:00.0/fwlog/modules/dcb + +To set all the modules to the same value:: + + # echo normal > /sys/kernel/debug/ice/0000\:18\:00.0/fwlog/modules/all + +To read the log_level of a specific module (e.g. module 'general'):: + + # cat /sys/kernel/debug/ice/0000\:18\:00.0/fwlog/modules/general + +To read the log_level of all the modules:: + + # cat /sys/kernel/debug/ice/0000\:18\:00.0/fwlog/modules/all + +Enabling FW log +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Configuring the modules indicates to the FW that the configured modules should +generate events that the driver is interested in, but it **does not** send the +events to the driver until the enable message is sent to the FW. To do this +the user can write a 1 (enable) or 0 (disable) to 'fwlog/enable'. An example +is:: + + # echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/ice/0000\:18\:00.0/fwlog/enable + +Retrieving FW log data +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +The FW log data can be retrieved by reading from 'fwlog/data'. The user can +write any value to 'fwlog/data' to clear the data. The data can only be cleared +when FW logging is disabled. The FW log data is a binary file that is sent to +Intel and used to help debug user issues. + +An example to read the data is:: + + # cat /sys/kernel/debug/ice/0000\:18\:00.0/fwlog/data > fwlog.bin + +An example to clear the data is:: + + # echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/ice/0000\:18\:00.0/fwlog/data + +Changing how often the log events are sent to the driver +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +The driver receives FW log data from the Admin Receive Queue (ARQ). The +frequency that the FW sends the ARQ events can be configured by writing to +'fwlog/nr_messages'. The range is 1-128 (1 means push every log message, 128 +means push only when the max AQ command buffer is full). The suggested value is +10. The user can see what the value is configured to by reading +'fwlog/nr_messages'. An example to set the value is:: + + # echo 50 > /sys/kernel/debug/ice/0000\:18\:00.0/fwlog/nr_messages + +Configuring the amount of memory used to store FW log data +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +The driver stores FW log data within the driver. The default size of the memory +used to store the data is 1MB. Some use cases may require more or less data so +the user can change the amount of memory that is allocated for FW log data. +To change the amount of memory then write to 'fwlog/log_size'. The value must be +one of: 128K, 256K, 512K, 1M, or 2M. FW logging must be disabled to change the +value. An example of changing the value is:: + + # echo 128K > /sys/kernel/debug/ice/0000\:18\:00.0/fwlog/log_size + + Performance Optimization ======================== Driver defaults are meant to fit a wide variety of workloads, but if further -- 2.41.0
