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26.Dd May 7, 2019
27.Dt mlx5tool 8
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm mlx5tool
31.Nd Utility for managing Connect-X 4/5/6 Mellanox network adapters
32.Sh SYNOPSIS
33.Nm
34.Fl d Ar domain:bus:slot:func
35.Fl E
36.Nm
37.Fl d Ar domain:bus:slot:func
38.Fl e
39.Nm
40.Fl d Ar domain:bus:slot:func
41.Fl f Ar file.mfa2
42.Nm
43.Fl d Ar domain:bus:slot:func
44.Fl o Ar file
45.Fl w
46.Nm
47.Fl d Ar domain:bus:slot:func
48.Fl r
49.Nm
50.Fl d Ar domain:bus:slot:func
51.Fl z
52.Sh DESCRIPTION
53The
54.Nm
55utility is provided for management of the Connect-X4, 5 and 6 network adapters
56in the aspects not covered by the generic
57.Xr ifconfig 8
58command, mostly related to the PCIe attachment and internal card working.
59The utility executes commands on specific adapter, which is addressed using
60.Em device:bus:slot:function
61conventions of the PCIe buses.
62You can match adapters ethernet name and addresses using the
63.X pciconf 8
64utility.
65The address is passed as an argument of the
66.Fl d
67option, which must be specified for each invocation.
68.Pp
69When the driver detects the malfunctioning of the hardware, or by user
70request, it is possible to create
71.Em firmware dump ,
72which contains debugging information about internal device state, for
73analysis of the failure by the Mellanox support team.
74.Pp
75The following commands are currently implemented:
76.Bl -tag -width indent
77.It Fl E
78Print EEPROM information
79.It Fl e
80Take the snapshot of the firmware registers state and store it in the
81kernel buffer.
82The buffer must be empty, in other words, no dumps should be written so
83far, or existing dump cleared with the
84.It Fl f
85Flashes the firmware image
86.Fa file.mfa2
87to the specified adapter.
88Image must be in MFA2 pack format and contain a component suitable
89for the adapter hardware.
90.Pp
91Typically, PCIe link-level reset is required to activate the
92newly flashed image, which can be performed by the system reboot
93or using the
94.Fl z
95option.
96.Fl r
97command for the specified device.
98.It Fl r
99Clear the stored firmware dump, preparing the kernel buffer for
100the next dump.
101.It Fl w
102Fetches the stored firmware dump and writes it into the file specified
103by the
104.Fl o
105option argument.
106.It Fl z
107Performs PCIe link-level reset on the specified device.
108.El
109.Sh FILES
110The
111.Pa /dev/mlx5ctl
112.Xr devfs 5
113node is used to pass commands to the driver.
114.Sh SEE ALSO
115.Xr mlx5en 4 ,
116.Xr mlx5ib 4 ,
117.Xr mlx5io 4 ,
118.Xr ifconfig 8
119and
120.Xr pciconf 8 .
121