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DEVLINK-DEV(8) Linux DEVLINK-DEV(8)
vdpa-dev - vdpa device configuration
vdpa dev [ OPTIONS ] { COMMAND| help }
OPTIONS := { -V[ersion] }
vdpa dev show [ DEV ]
vdpa dev help
vdpa dev add name NAME mgmtdev MGMTDEV [ device_features
DEVICE_FEATURES ] [ mac MACADDR ] [ mtu MTU ] [ max_vqp
MAX_VQ_PAIRS ]
vdpa dev del DEV
vdpa dev config show [ DEV ]
vdpa dev vstats show DEV qidx QUEUE_INDEX
vdpa dev set name NAME mac [ MACADDR ]
vdpa dev show - display vdpa device attributes
DEV - specifies the vdpa device to show. If this argument is
omitted all devices are listed.
Format is:
VDPA_DEVICE_NAME
vdpa dev add - add a new vdpa device.
name NAME
Name of the new vdpa device to add.
mgmtdev MGMTDEV
Name of the management device to use for device addition.
device_features DEVICE_FEATURES Specifies the virtio device
features bit-mask that is provisioned for the new vdpa device.
The bits can be found under include/uapi/linux/virtio*h.
see macros such as VIRTIO_F_ and VIRTIO_XXX(e.g NET)_F_ for
specific bit values.
This is optional.
mac MACADDR - specifies the mac address for the new vdpa device.
This is applicable only for the network type of vdpa device. This
is optional.
mtu MTU - specifies the mtu for the new vdpa device. This is
applicable only for the network type of vdpa device. This is
optional.
vdpa dev del - Delete the vdpa device.
DEV - specifies the vdpa device to delete.
vdpa dev config show - Show configuration of specific device or all
devices.
DEV - specifies the vdpa device to show its configuration. If
this argument is omitted all devices configuration is listed.
Format is:
VDPA_DEVICE_NAME
vdpa dev vstats show - shows vendor specific statistics for the given
device and virtqueue index. The information is presented as name-
value pairs where name is the name of the field and value is a
numeric value for it.
DEV - specifies the vdpa device to query
qidx QUEUE_INDEX
- specifies the virtqueue index to query
vdpa dev set - set the configuration to the vdpa device.
name NAME -Name of the vdpa device to configure.
mac MACADDR - specifies the mac address for the vdpa device. This
is applicable only for the network type of vdpa device.
vdpa dev show
Shows the all vdpa devices on the system.
vdpa dev show foo
Shows the specified vdpa device.
vdpa dev add name foo mgmtdev vdpa_sim_net
Add the vdpa device named foo on the management device
vdpa_sim_net.
vdpa dev add name foo mgmtdev vdpa_sim_net device_features
0x300020000
Add the vdpa device named foo on the management device
vdpa_sim_net with device_features of 0x300020000
vdpa dev add name foo mgmtdev vdpa_sim_net mac 00:11:22:33:44:55
Add the vdpa device named foo on the management device
vdpa_sim_net with mac address of 00:11:22:33:44:55.
vdpa dev add name foo mgmtdev vdpa_sim_net mac 00:11:22:33:44:55
mtu 9000
Add the vdpa device named foo on the management device
vdpa_sim_net with mac address of 00:11:22:33:44:55 and mtu of
9000 bytes.
vdpa dev add name foo mgmtdev auxiliary/mlx5_core.sf.1 mac
00:11:22:33:44:55 max_vqp 8
Add the vdpa device named foo on the management device
auxiliary/mlx5_core.sf.1 with mac address of 00:11:22:33:44:55
and max 8 virtqueue pairs
vdpa dev del foo
Delete the vdpa device named foo which was previously created.
vdpa dev config show foo
Shows the vdpa device configuration of device named foo.
vdpa dev vstats show vdpa0 qidx 1
Shows vendor specific statistics information for vdpa device
vdpa0 and virtqueue index 1
vdpa dev set name vdpa0 mac 00:11:22:33:44:55
Set a specific MAC address to vdpa device vdpa0
vdpa(8), vdpa-mgmtdev(8),
Parav Pandit <[email protected]>
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Pages that refer to this page: vdpa(8), vdpa-mgmtdev(8)