Documentation: devlink: extend reload-reinit description
authorJiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
Tue, 28 Nov 2023 11:52:54 +0000 (12:52 +0100)
committerPaolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Thu, 30 Nov 2023 11:31:23 +0000 (12:31 +0100)
Be more explicit about devlink entities that may stay and that have to
be removed during reload reinit action.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-reload.rst

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@@ -22,8 +22,17 @@ By default ``driver_reinit`` action is selected.
    * - ``driver-reinit``
      - Devlink driver entities re-initialization, including applying
        new values to devlink entities which are used during driver
-       load such as ``devlink-params`` in configuration mode
-       ``driverinit`` or ``devlink-resources``
+       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