From b5872cd0e823e4cb50b3a75cd9522167eeb676a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vasundhara Volam Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2020 22:01:56 +0530 Subject: devlink: Add support for board.serial_number to info_get cb. Board serial number is a serial number, often available in PCI *Vital Product Data*. Also, update devlink-info.rst documentation file. Cc: Jiri Pirko Cc: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Vasundhara Volam Reviewed-by: Michael Chan Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-info.rst | 12 +++++------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/networking/devlink') diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-info.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-info.rst index 3fe11401b838..7572bf6de5c1 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-info.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-info.rst @@ -44,9 +44,11 @@ versions is generally discouraged - here, and via any other Linux API. reported for two ports of the same device or on two hosts of a multi-host device should be identical. - .. note:: ``devlink-info`` API should be extended with a new field - if devices want to report board/product serial number (often - reported in PCI *Vital Product Data* capability). + * - ``board.serial_number`` + - Board serial number of the device. + + This is usually the serial number of the board, often available in + PCI *Vital Product Data*. * - ``fixed`` - Group for hardware identifiers, and versions of components @@ -201,10 +203,6 @@ Future work The following extensions could be useful: - - product serial number - NIC boards often get labeled with a board serial - number rather than ASIC serial number; it'd be useful to add board serial - numbers to the API if they can be retrieved from the device; - - on-disk firmware file names - drivers list the file names of firmware they may need to load onto devices via the ``MODULE_FIRMWARE()`` macro. These, however, are per module, rather than per device. It'd be useful to list -- cgit v1.2.3