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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 4/5/6 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 e
41.Nm
42.Fl d Ar domain:bus:slot:func
43.Fl f Ar file.mfa2
44.Nm
45.Fl d Ar domain:bus:slot:func
46.Fl o Ar file
47.Fl w
48.Nm
49.Fl d Ar domain:bus:slot:func
50.Fl r
51.Nm
52.Fl d Ar domain:bus:slot:func
53.Fl z
54.Sh DESCRIPTION
55The
56.Nm
57utility is provided for management of the Connect-X4, 5 and 6 network adapters
58in the aspects not covered by the generic
59.Xr ifconfig 8
60command, mostly related to the PCIe attachment and internal card working.
61The utility executes commands on specific adapter, which is addressed using
62.Em device:bus:slot:function
63conventions of the PCIe buses.
64You can match adapters ethernet name and addresses using the
65.X pciconf 8
66utility.
67The address is passed as an argument of the
68.Fl d
69option, which must be specified for each invocation.
70.Pp
71When the driver detects the malfunctioning of the hardware, or by user
72request, it is possible to create
73.Em firmware dump ,
74which contains debugging information about internal device state, for
75analysis of the failure by the Mellanox support team.
76.Pp
77The following commands are currently implemented:
78.Bl -tag -width indent
79.It Fl E
80Print EEPROM information
81.It Fl e
82Take the snapshot of the firmware registers state and store it in the
83kernel buffer.
84The buffer must be empty, in other words, no dumps should be written so
85far, or existing dump cleared with the
86.It Fl f
87Flashes the firmware image
88.Fa file.mfa2
89to the specified adapter.
90Image must be in MFA2 pack format and contain a component suitable
91for the adapter hardware.
92.Pp
93Typically, PCIe link-level reset is required to activate the
94newly flashed image, which can be performed by the system reboot
95or using the
96.Fl z
97option.
98.Fl r
99command for the specified device.
100.It Fl r
101Clear the stored firmware dump, preparing the kernel buffer for
102the next dump.
103.It Fl w
104Fetches the stored firmware dump and writes it into the file specified
105by the
106.Fl o
107option argument.
108.It Fl z
109Performs PCIe link-level reset on the specified device.
110.El
111.Sh FILES
112The
113.Pa /dev/mlx5ctl
114.Xr devfs 5
115node is used to pass commands to the driver.
116.Sh SEE ALSO
117.Xr mlx5en 4 ,
118.Xr mlx5ib 4 ,
119.Xr mlx5io 4 ,
120.Xr ifconfig 8
121and
122.Xr pciconf 8 .
123