Add devlink reload rst documentation file.
Update index file to include it.
Signed-off-by: Moshe Shemesh <mo...@mellanox.com>
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Documentation/networking/devlink/index.rst | 1 +
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+==============
+Devlink Reload
+==============
+
+``devlink-reload`` provides mechanism to reload either driver or firmware or
both,
+depends on reload level selected.
+The driver reload is used to re-initiate driver's entities, including applying
+new values to ``devlink`` entities which are used during driver load, such as
+``devlink-params`` in configuration mode ``driverinit`` or
``devlink-resources``.
+The firmware reload is used either to reset the firmware or upgrade the
firmware
+if new firmware is already stored and waiting to be activated.
+Some driver's may support fw_live_patch which will do firmware upgrade,
+applying changes without the need for reset.
+
+Reload levels
+=============
+
+Reload may be set in different reload levels.
+
+.. list-table:: Possible reload levels
+ :widths: 5 90
+
+ * - Name
+ - Description
+ * - ``driver``
+ - Driver entities re-instantiation only.
+ * - ``fw_reset``
+ - Firmware reset and driver entities re-instantiation. Can be used for
+ firmware upgrade if new firmware is stored and driver supports such
+ firmware upgrade.
+ * - ``fw_live_patch``
+ - Firmware live patch, applies firmware changes without reset.
+
+Change namespace
+================
+
+All devlink instances are created in init_net and stay there for a
+lifetime. Allow user to be able to move devlink instances into
+namespaces during devlink reload operation. That ensures proper
+re-instantiation of driver objects, including netdevices.
+
+example usage
+-------------
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+ $ devlink dev reload help
+ $ devlink dev reload DEV [ netns { PID | NAME | ID } ] [ level { driver |
fw_reset | fw_live_patch } ]
+
+ # Run reload command with driver's default level:
+ $ devlink dev reload pci/0000:82:00.0
+
+ # Run reload command with fw_reset level:
+ $ devlink dev reload pci/0000:82:00.0 level fw_reset
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devlink-params
devlink-region
devlink-resource
+ devlink-reload
devlink-trap
Driver-specific documentation
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2.17.1
