Re: [PATCH net-next 8/8] net: cdc_ncm: document the sysfs API

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Bjørn Mork wrote:
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-cdc_ncm
> @@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
> +What:		/sys/class/net/<iface>/cdc_ncm/min_tx_pkt
> +Date:		May 2014
> +KernelVersion:	3.16
> +Contact:	Bjørn Mork <bjorn@xxxxxxx>
> +Description:
> +		The driver will pad frames longer than this to tx_max,
                                           ^^^^^^
longer or shorter?


> +What:		/sys/class/net/<iface>/cdc_ncm/rx_max
> +Date:		May 2014
> +KernelVersion:	3.16
> +Contact:	Bjørn Mork <bjorn@xxxxxxx>
> +Description:
> +		The maximum NCM Transfer Block (NTB) size for RX.
> +		Cannot exceed the maximum value supported by the
> +		device. Must allow at least one max sized datagram
> +		plus headers.
> +
> +		The actual limits are device dependent.  See
> +		dwNtbInMaxSize.
> +
> +		Note: Some devices will silently ignore changes to
> +		this value, resulting in oversized NTBs and
> +		corresponding framing errors.

That behavior makes the setting only so-so useful. Could the driver
know which devices do this, or is it inconsistent even across
individual devices which are otherwise indistinguishable?


> +What:		/sys/class/net/<iface>/cdc_ncm/tx_timer_usecs
> +Date:		May 2014
> +KernelVersion:	3.16
> +Contact:	Bjørn Mork <bjorn@xxxxxxx>
> +Description:
> +		Datagram aggregation timeout in µs. The driver will
> +		wait up to 3 times this timeout for more datagrams to
> +		aggregate before transmitting a NTB frame.
                                              ^
"an NTB frame" might be better since N sounds like "enn".




> +
> +		Valid range: 5 to 4000000
> +
> +		Set to 0 to disable aggregation.
> +
> +The following read only attributes all represent fields of the

read-only?


//Peter
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