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mlx5tool(8)		  BSD System Manager's Manual		   mlx5tool(8)

NAME
     mlx5tool -- Utility for managing Connect-X	4/5/6 Mellanox network
     adapters

SYNOPSIS
     mlx5tool -d domain:bus:slot:func -E
     mlx5tool -d domain:bus:slot:func -e
     mlx5tool -d domain:bus:slot:func -f file.mfa2
     mlx5tool -d domain:bus:slot:func -o file -w
     mlx5tool -d domain:bus:slot:func -r
     mlx5tool -d domain:bus:slot:func -z

DESCRIPTION
     The mlx5tool utility is provided for management of	the Connect-X4,	5 and
     6 network adapters	in the aspects not covered by the generic ifconfig(8)
     command, mostly related to	the PCIe attachment and	internal card working.
     The utility executes commands on specific adapter,	which is addressed us-
     ing device:bus:slot:function conventions of the PCIe buses.  You can
     match adapters ethernet name and addresses	using the utility.  The	ad-
     dress is passed as	an argument of the -d option, which must be specified
     for each invocation.

     When the driver detects the malfunctioning	of the hardware, or by user
     request, it is possible to	create firmware	dump, which contains debugging
     information about internal	device state, for analysis of the failure by
     the Mellanox support team.

     The following commands are	currently implemented:

     -E	     Print EEPROM information

     -e	     Take the snapshot of the firmware registers state and store it in
	     the kernel	buffer.	 The buffer must be empty, in other words, no
	     dumps should be written so	far, or	existing dump cleared with the

     -f	     Flashes the firmware image	file.mfa2 to the specified adapter.
	     Image must	be in MFA2 pack	format and contain a component suit-
	     able for the adapter hardware.

	     Typically,	PCIe link-level	reset is required to activate the
	     newly flashed image, which	can be performed by the	system reboot
	     or	using the -z option.  -r command for the specified device.

     -r	     Clear the stored firmware dump, preparing the kernel buffer for
	     the next dump.

     -w	     Fetches the stored	firmware dump and writes it into the file
	     specified by the -o option	argument.

     -z	     Performs PCIe link-level reset on the specified device.

FILES
     The /dev/mlx5ctl devfs(5) node is used to pass commands to	the driver.

SEE ALSO
     mlx5en(4),	mlx5ib(4), mlx5io(4), ifconfig(8) and pciconf(8).

BSD				  May 7, 2019				   BSD

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