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From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] public/io/netif.h: document control
 ring and toeplitz hashing
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 16:07:26 +0000
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On 07/01/16 13:05, Paul Durrant wrote:
> This patch documents a new shared ring between frontend and backend that
> can be used to pass bulk out-of-band data, such as that required to
> implement toeplitz hashing in the backend such that it is configurable by
> the frontend.
> 
> The patch then goes on to document the messages passed over the control
> ring that can be used to configure toeplitz hashing.
[...]
> --- a/xen/include/public/io/netif.h
> +++ b/xen/include/public/io/netif.h
> @@ -151,6 +151,270 @@
>   */
>  
>  /*
> + * Control ring
> + * ============
[...]
> + * The frontend provides a control ring to the backend by setting:
> + *
> + * /local/domain/<domid>/device/vif/<vif>/ctrl-ring-ref = <gref>
> + * /local/domain/<domid>/device/vif/<vif>/event-channel-ctrl = <port>

ctrl-event-channel to match ctrl-ring-ref?

David