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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst index c59b542eb693..d345f5df248e 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst @@ -1004,6 +1004,9 @@ Kernel response contents: ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_RATE_SAMPLE_INTERVAL`` u32 rate sampling interval ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_USE_CQE_TX`` bool timer reset mode, Tx ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_USE_CQE_RX`` bool timer reset mode, Rx + ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_AGGR_MAX_BYTES`` u32 max aggr size, Tx + ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_AGGR_MAX_FRAMES`` u32 max aggr packets, Tx + ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_AGGR_TIME_USECS`` u32 time (us), aggr, Tx =========================================== ====== ======================= Attributes are only included in reply if their value is not zero or the @@ -1022,6 +1025,17 @@ each packet event resets the timer. In this mode timer is used to force the interrupt if queue goes idle, while busy queues depend on the packet limit to trigger interrupts. +Tx aggregation consists of copying frames into a contiguous buffer so that they +can be submitted as a single IO operation. ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_AGGR_MAX_BYTES`` +describes the maximum size in bytes for the submitted buffer. +``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_AGGR_MAX_FRAMES`` describes the maximum number of frames +that can be aggregated into a single buffer. +``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_AGGR_TIME_USECS`` describes the amount of time in usecs, +counted since the first packet arrival in an aggregated block, after which the +block should be sent. +This feature is mainly of interest for specific USB devices which does not cope +well with frequent small-sized URBs transmissions. + COALESCE_SET ============ @@ -1055,6 +1069,9 @@ Request contents: ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_RATE_SAMPLE_INTERVAL`` u32 rate sampling interval ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_USE_CQE_TX`` bool timer reset mode, Tx ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_USE_CQE_RX`` bool timer reset mode, Rx + ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_AGGR_MAX_BYTES`` u32 max aggr size, Tx + ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_AGGR_MAX_FRAMES`` u32 max aggr packets, Tx + ``ETHTOOL_A_COALESCE_TX_AGGR_TIME_USECS`` u32 time (us), aggr, Tx =========================================== ====== ======================= Request is rejected if it attributes declared as unsupported by driver (i.e. |