.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 ==============Devlink Reload============== ``devlink-reload`` provides mechanism to reinit driver entities, applying``devlink-params`` and ``devlink-resources`` new values. It also providesmechanism to activate firmware. Reload Actions============== User may select a reload action.By default ``driver_reinit`` action is selected. .. list-table:: Possible reload actions   :widths: 5 90    * - Name     - Description   * - ``driver-reinit``     - Devlink driver entities re-initialization, including applying       new values to devlink entities which are used during driver       load which are:        * ``devlink-params`` in configuration mode ``driverinit``       * ``devlink-resources``        Other devlink entities may stay over the re-initialization:        * ``devlink-health-reporter``       * ``devlink-region``        The rest of the devlink entities have to be removed and readded.   * - ``fw_activate``     - Firmware activate. Activates new firmware if such image is stored and       pending activation. If no limitation specified this action may involve       firmware reset. If no new image pending this action will reload current       firmware image. Note that even though user asks for a specific action, the driverimplementation might require to perform another action alongside withit. For example, some driver do not support driver reinitializationbeing performed without fw activation. Therefore, the devlink reloadcommand returns the list of actions which were actrually performed. Reload Limits============= By default reload actions are not limited and driver implementation mayinclude reset or downtime as needed to perform the actions. However, some drivers support action limits, which limit the actionimplementation to specific constraints. .. list-table:: Possible reload limits   :widths: 5 90    * - Name     - Description   * - ``no_reset``     - No reset allowed, no down time allowed, no link flap and no       configuration is lost. Change Namespace================ The netns option allows user to be able to move devlink instances intonamespaces during devlink reload operation.By default all devlink instances are created in init_net and stay there. example usage------------- .. code:: shell     $ devlink dev reload help    $ devlink dev reload DEV [ netns { PID | NAME | ID } ] [ action { driver_reinit | fw_activate } ] [ limit no_reset ]     # Run reload command for devlink driver entities re-initialization:    $ devlink dev reload pci/0000:82:00.0 action driver_reinit    reload_actions_performed:      driver_reinit     # Run reload command to activate firmware:    # Note that mlx5 driver reloads the driver while activating firmware    $ devlink dev reload pci/0000:82:00.0 action fw_activate    reload_actions_performed:      driver_reinit fw_activate