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