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14.Dd May 31, 2016
15.Dt MC_PROPINFO 9E
16.Os
17.Sh NAME
18.Nm mc_propinfo
19.Nd get information about a property
20.Sh SYNOPSIS
21.In sys/mac_provider.h
22.Ft void
23.Fo prefix_m_propinfo
24.Fa "void *driver"
25.Fa "const char *pr_name"
26.Fa "mac_prop_id_t pr_num"
27.Fa "mac_prop_info_handle_t hdl"
28.Fc
29.Sh INTERFACE LEVEL
30illumos DDI specific
31.Sh PARAMETERS
32.Bl -tag -width Ds
33.It Fa driver
34A pointer to the driver's private data that was passed in via the
35.Sy m_pdata
36member of the
37.Xr mac_register 9S
38structure to the
39.Xr mac_register 9F
40function.
41.It Fa pr_name
42A null-terminated string that contains the name of the property.
43.It Ft pr_num
44The value indicates the property that the device is working with.
45.It Fa hdl
46A handle to use with the
47.Xr mac_prop_info 9F
48family of routines to indicate the property's metadata.
49.El
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51The
52.Fn mc_propinfo
53entry point is an optional entry point for networking device drivers
54that is used to obtain metadata about a property, including its
55permissions, default value, and information about valid possible values.
56If the device driver does not implement either of the
57.Xr mc_getprop 9E
58or
59.Xr mc_setprop 9E
60entry points then it does not need to implement the
61.Fn mc_propinfo
62entry point.
63However, it is highly recommended that these interfaces be implemented in order
64to give users and administrators of the system access to the properties of the
65device.
66.Pp
67When the
68.Fn mc_propinfo
69entry point is called, the driver needs to first identify the property.
70The set of possible properties and their meaning is listed in the
71.Sy PROPERTIES
72section of
73.Xr mac 9E .
74It should identify the property based on the value of
75.Fa pr_num .
76Most drivers will use a
77.Sy switch
78statement and for any property that it supports it should call the
79appropriate
80.Xr mac_prop_info 9F
81functions to set values and then return.
82When an unknown or unsupported property is encountered, generally the
83.Sy default
84case of the switch statement, the device driver should simply do nothing
85and return.
86.Pp
87The special property
88.Sy MAC_PROP_PRIVATE
89indicates that this is a device driver specific private property.
90The device driver must then look at the value of the
91.Fa pr_name
92argument and use
93.Xr strcmp 9F
94on it, comparing it to each of its private properties to identify which
95one it is.
96.Pp
97For each property the driver has three different sets of information
98that it can fill in.
99The driver should try to fill in all of these that make sense, if possible.
100.Bl -enum
101.It
102First, the driver should fill in the permissions of the property with
103the
104.Xr mac_prop_info_set_perm 9F
105function.
106These permissions indicate what the device driver supports for a given property.
107For each non-private property, see the property list in
108.Xr mac 9E
109to see what the maximum property permissions are.
110As discussed in
111.Xr mac 9E ,
112a device driver may have more limited permissions than the default.
113For example, on some SFP-based devices, it may not be possible to change any
114of the auto-negotiation properties.
115.It
116The driver should then fill in any default value that it has for a
117property.
118This is the value that the device driver sets by default if no other tuning has
119been performed.
120There are different functions depending on the type of the default value to
121call.
122They are all listed in
123.Xr mac_prop_info 9F .
124.It
125Finally, a driver may optionally set one or more value ranges.
126These are used for integer properties such as
127.Sy MAC_PROP_MTU .
128The driver may call
129.Xr mac_prop_info_set_range_uint32 9F
130to set a series of one or more inclusive ranges that describe valid
131values for the property.
132For example, a device that supports jumbo frames up to 9600 bytes would call
133.Xr mac_prop_info_set_range_uint32 9F
134to convey that it supports MTUs in the range of 1500-9600 bytes.
135.El
136.Pp
137If the device driver needs to access its private data, it will be
138available in the
139.Fa driver
140argument which it should cast to the appropriate structure.
141From there, the device driver may need to lock the structure to ensure that
142access to it is properly serialized.
143.Sh RETURN VALUES
144The
145.Fn mc_propinfo
146entry point does not have a return value.
147Drivers should simply ignore and immediately return when encountering
148unsupported and unknown properties.
149.Sh EXAMPLES
150The following example shows how a device driver might structure its
151.Fn mc_propinfo
152entry point.
153.Bd -literal
154#include <sys/mac_provider.h>
155
156/*
157 * Note, this example merely shows the structure of this function.
158 * Different devices will manage their state in different ways. Like other
159 * examples, this assumes that the device has state in a structure called
160 * example_t and that there is a lock which keeps track of that state.
161 */
162
163static void
164example_m_propinfo(void *arg, const char *pr_name, mac_prop_id_t pr_num,
165    mac_prop_info_handle_t prh)
166{
167	uint8_t value;
168	uint_t perm;
169
170	example_t *ep = arg;
171
172	mutex_enter(&ep->ep_lock);
173
174	switch (pr_num) {
175	/*
176	 * We try to fill in as much information for each property as makes
177	 * sense. In some cases, you may only be able to set the permissions.
178	 */
179	case MAC_PROP_DUPLEX:
180	case MAC_PROP_SPEED:
181		mac_prop_info_set_perm(prh, MAC_PROP_PERM_READ);
182		break;
183
184	/*
185	 * The MTU is a good example of a property that has a property range.
186	 * The range represents the valid values the MTU can take.
187	 */
188	case MAC_PROP_MTU:
189		mac_prop_info_set_perm(prh, MAC_PROP_PERM_RW);
190		mac_prop_info_set_range(prh, ep->ep_min_mtu, ep->ep_max_mtu);
191		break;
192
193	/*
194	 * The ADV properties represent things that the device supports and
195	 * can't be changed by the user. These are good examples of properties
196	 * that have a default value and are read-only.
197	 */
198	case MAC_PROP_ADV_100FDX_CAP:
199		mac_prop_info_set_perm(prh, MAC_PROP_PERM_READ);
200		value = (ep->ep_link_sup_speeds & EXAMPLE_100FDX) ? 1 : 0;
201		mac_prop_info_set_default_uint8(prh, value);
202		break;
203	case MAC_PROP_ADV_1000FDX_CAP:
204		mac_prop_info_set_perm(prh, MAC_PROP_PERM_READ);
205		value = (ep->ep_link_sup_speeds & EXAMPLE_1000FDX) ? 1 : 0;
206		mac_prop_info_set_default_uint8(prh, value);
207		break;
208	case MAC_PROP_ADV_10GFDX_CAP:
209		mac_prop_info_set_perm(prh, MAC_PROP_PERM_READ);
210		value = (ep->ep_link_sup_speeds & EXAMPLE_10GDX) ? 1 : 0;
211		mac_prop_info_set_default_uint8(prh, value);
212		break;
213
214	/*
215	 * The EN properties represent the speeds advertised by the driver. On
216	 * baseT (copper) PHYs, we allow them to be set, otherwise we don't.
217	 * This driver always advertises it if supported, hence why all of these
218	 * default to advertised if the link supports its.
219	 */
220	case MAC_PROP_EN_100FDX_CAP:
221		perm = ep->ep_link_type == EXAMPLE_LINK_COPPER ?
222		    MAC_PROP_PERM_RW : MAC_PROP_PERM_READ;
223		mac_prop_info_set_perm(prh, perm);
224		value = (ep->ep_link_sup_speeds & EXAMPLE_100FDX) ? 1 : 0;
225		mac_prop_info_set_default_uint8(prh, value);
226		break;
227	case MAC_PROP_EN_1000FDX_CAP:
228		perm = ep->ep_link_type == EXAMPLE_LINK_COPPER ?
229		    MAC_PROP_PERM_RW : MAC_PROP_PERM_READ;
230		mac_prop_info_set_perm(prh, perm);
231		value = (ep->ep_link_sup_speeds & EXAMPLE_1000FDX) ? 1 : 0;
232		mac_prop_info_set_default_uint8(prh, value);
233		break;
234	case MAC_PROP_EN_10GFDX_CAP:
235		perm = ep->ep_link_type == EXAMPLE_LINK_COPPER ?
236		    MAC_PROP_PERM_RW : MAC_PROP_PERM_READ;
237		mac_prop_info_set_perm(prh, perm);
238		value = (ep->ep_link_sup_speeds & EXAMPLE_10GFDX) ? 1 : 0;
239		mac_prop_info_set_default_uint8(prh, value);
240		break;
241
242	/*
243	 * If this device has private properties, then it should compare pr_name
244	 * with the device's private properties and then fill in property
245	 * information if it recognizes the name.
246	 */
247	case MAC_PROP_PRIVATE:
248		break;
249
250	/*
251	 * For unknown properties, there's not much to do. Simply don't call any
252	 * of the mac_prop_info(9F) related functions.
253	 */
254	default:
255		break;
256	}
257	mutex_exit(&ep->ep_lock);
258}
259.Ed
260.Sh SEE ALSO
261.Xr mac 9E ,
262.Xr mc_getprop 9E ,
263.Xr mac_prop_info 9F
264