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authorJacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>2022-11-28 12:36:47 -0800
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2022-11-30 20:54:31 -0800
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ice: implement direct read for NVM and Shadow RAM regions
Implement the .read handler for the NVM and Shadow RAM regions. This enables user space to read a small chunk of the flash without needing the overhead of creating a full snapshot. Update the documentation for ice to detail which regions have direct read support. Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com> Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/ice.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/ice.rst
index bcd4839fbf79..625efb3777d5 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/ice.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/ice.rst
@@ -198,8 +198,12 @@ device data.
- The contents of the device firmware's capabilities buffer. Useful to
determine the current state and configuration of the device.
-Users can request an immediate capture of a snapshot via the
-``DEVLINK_CMD_REGION_NEW``
+Both the ``nvm-flash`` and ``shadow-ram`` regions can be accessed without a
+snapshot. The ``device-caps`` region requires a snapshot as the contents are
+sent by firmware and can't be split into separate reads.
+
+Users can request an immediate capture of a snapshot for all three regions
+via the ``DEVLINK_CMD_REGION_NEW`` command.
.. code:: shell