[PATCH ethtool v3 4/4] ethtool: Update manpages to reflect changes to getmodule (-m) command
From: Moshe Shemesh <hidden>
Date: 2021-06-08 10:34:27
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
From: Vladyslav Tarasiuk <redacted> Add page, bank and i2c parameters and mention change in offset and length treatment if either one of new parameters is specified by the user. Signed-off-by: Vladyslav Tarasiuk <redacted> Reviewed-by: Moshe Shemesh <redacted> --- ethtool.8.in | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/ethtool.8.in b/ethtool.8.in
index 5afde0d..115322a 100644
--- a/ethtool.8.in
+++ b/ethtool.8.in@@ -365,6 +365,9 @@ ethtool \- query or control network driver and hardware settings .B2 hex on off .BN offset .BN length +.BN page +.BN bank +.BN i2c .HP .B ethtool \-\-show\-priv\-flags .I devname
@@ -1173,6 +1176,17 @@ Changes the number of multi-purpose channels. Retrieves and if possible decodes the EEPROM from plugin modules, e.g SFP+, QSFP. If the driver and module support it, the optical diagnostic information is also read and decoded. +When either one of +.I page, +.I bank +or +.I i2c +parameters is specified, dumps only of a single page or its portion is +allowed. In such a case +.I offset +and +.I length +parameters are treated relatively to EEPROM page boundaries. .TP .B \-\-show\-priv\-flags Queries the specified network device for its private flags. The
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