[dts] [PATCH V2 2/2] test_plans/userspace_ethtool: add note to support ixgbe nic
Song Jiale
songx.jiale at intel.com
Tue Jan 10 16:19:55 CET 2023
according to the solution provided by the EPG team, if you read eeprom
on the ixgbe nic, use the "length" parameter to reduce the size to
0x4000.
Signed-off-by: Song Jiale <songx.jiale at intel.com>
---
test_plans/userspace_ethtool_test_plan.rst | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/test_plans/userspace_ethtool_test_plan.rst b/test_plans/userspace_ethtool_test_plan.rst
index a0863e0a..24a1571a 100644
--- a/test_plans/userspace_ethtool_test_plan.rst
+++ b/test_plans/userspace_ethtool_test_plan.rst
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ Dump eeprom binary by linux's ethtool and dpdk's ethtool separately::
ethtool --eeprom-dump INTF_0 raw on > ethtool_eeprom_0.bin
ethtool --eeprom-dump INTF_1 raw on > ethtool_eeprom_1.bin
+.. note::
+ In case on ixgbe NIC to read the eeprom, please use 'length' parameter to reduce size to 0x4000.
+ For example: ethtool --eeprom-dump {INTF} length 0x4000.
+
Retrieve eeprom on specified port using dpdk's ethtool and
compare csum with the file dumped by ethtool::
--
2.25.1
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