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authorJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2025-09-16 16:14:18 -0700
committerPaolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>2025-09-18 11:37:23 +0200
commit005a54722e9d493be58405a77f2a444e06f03be0 (patch)
treef827de0b8f5aae573d982a6a1b4d053bac1991db /Documentation/networking/device_drivers
parent5df1d0a08483eff13f0da1cc66883e0bc2cf4fcf (diff)
eth: fbnic: add FW health reporter
Add a health reporter to catch FW crashes. Dumping the reporter if FW has not crashed will create a snapshot of FW memory. Reviewed-by: Lee Trager <lee@trager.us> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250916231420.1693955-8-kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/meta/fbnic.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/meta/fbnic.rst
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--- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/meta/fbnic.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/meta/fbnic.rst
@@ -69,6 +69,16 @@ On host boot the latest UEFI driver is always used, no explicit activation
is required. Firmware activation is required to run new control firmware. cmrt
firmware can only be activated by power cycling the NIC.
+Health reporters
+----------------
+
+fw reporter
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The ``fw`` health reporter tracks FW crashes. Dumping the reporter will
+show the core dump of the most recent FW crash, and if no FW crash has
+happened since power cycle - a snapshot of the FW memory.
+
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