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| author | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2016-09-11 04:34:46 -0300 |
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| committer | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2016-09-11 04:34:46 -0300 |
| commit | 863981e96738983919de841ec669e157e6bdaeb0 (patch) | |
| tree | d6d89a12e7eb8017837c057935a2271290907f76 /Documentation/infiniband/sysfs.txt | |
| parent | 8dec7c70575785729a6a9e6719a955e9c545bcab (diff) | |
Linux-libre 4.7.1-gnupck-4.7.1-gnu
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diff --git a/Documentation/infiniband/sysfs.txt b/Documentation/infiniband/sysfs.txt index 3ecf0c3a1..45bcafe6f 100644 --- a/Documentation/infiniband/sysfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/infiniband/sysfs.txt @@ -56,6 +56,18 @@ SYSFS FILES ports/1/pkeys/10 contains the value at index 10 in port 1's P_Key table. + There is an optional "hw_counters" subdirectory that may be under either + the parent device or the port subdirectories or both. If present, + there are a list of counters provided by the hardware. They may match + some of the counters in the counters directory, but they often include + many other counters. In addition to the various counters, there will + be a file named "lifespan" that configures how frequently the core + should update the counters when they are being accessed (counters are + not updated if they are not being accessed). The lifespan is in milli- + seconds and defaults to 10 unless set to something else by the driver. + Users may echo a value between 0 - 10000 to the lifespan file to set + the length of time between updates in milliseconds. + MTHCA The Mellanox HCA driver also creates the files: |