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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci index 25c9c39770c6..ef00fada2efb 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci @@ -195,10 +195,13 @@ What: /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../index Date: July 2010 Contact: Narendra K <narendra_k@dell.com>, linux-bugs@dell.com Description: - Reading this attribute will provide the firmware - given instance (SMBIOS type 41 device type instance) of the - PCI device. The attribute will be created only if the firmware - has given an instance number to the PCI device. + Reading this attribute will provide the firmware given instance + number of the PCI device. Depending on the platform this can + be for example the SMBIOS type 41 device type instance or the + user-defined ID (UID) on s390. The attribute will be created + only if the firmware has given an instance number to the PCI + device and that number is guaranteed to uniquely identify the + device in the system. Users: Userspace applications interested in knowing the firmware assigned device type instance of the PCI @@ -375,3 +378,32 @@ Description: The value comes from the PCI kernel device state and can be one of: "unknown", "error", "D0", D1", "D2", "D3hot", "D3cold". The file is read only. + +What: /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../sriov_vf_total_msix +Date: January 2021 +Contact: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com> +Description: + This file is associated with a SR-IOV physical function (PF). + It contains the total number of MSI-X vectors available for + assignment to all virtual functions (VFs) associated with PF. + The value will be zero if the device doesn't support this + functionality. For supported devices, the value will be + constant and won't be changed after MSI-X vectors assignment. + +What: /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../sriov_vf_msix_count +Date: January 2021 +Contact: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com> +Description: + This file is associated with a SR-IOV virtual function (VF). + It allows configuration of the number of MSI-X vectors for + the VF. This allows devices that have a global pool of MSI-X + vectors to optimally divide them between VFs based on VF usage. + + The values accepted are: + * > 0 - this number will be reported as the Table Size in the + VF's MSI-X capability + * < 0 - not valid + * = 0 - will reset to the device default value + + The file is writable if the PF is bound to a driver that + implements ->sriov_set_msix_vec_count(). |