Thread (6 messages) 6 messages, 2 authors, 2021-07-08

[PATCH ethtool v4 4/4] ethtool: Update manpages to reflect changes to getmodule (-m) command

STALE1915d REVIEWED: 1 (0M)

From: Moshe Shemesh <hidden>
Date: 2021-06-17 17:05:40
Subsystem: the rest · Maintainer: Linus Torvalds

Revision v4 of 4 in this series; 1 review trailer.

Revisions (4)
  1. v1 [diff vs current]
  2. v2 [diff vs current]
  3. v3 [diff vs current]
  4. v4 current
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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