From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Dumazet Subject: Re: [PATCH] bnx2x: add support for receive hashing Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:30:55 +0200 Message-ID: <1272396655.2343.0.camel@edumazet-laptop> References: <4BD5F553.6020006@hp.com> <20100426.134051.232750473.davem@davemloft.net> <4BD5FC16.4070402@hp.com> <20100426.135305.15235166.davem@davemloft.net> <4BD601C3.5030108@hp.com> <1272393060.30392.2.camel@lb-tlvb-eilong.il.broadcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Rick Jones , David Miller , "therbert@google.com" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" To: eilong@broadcom.com Return-path: Received: from mail-bw0-f219.google.com ([209.85.218.219]:60656 "EHLO mail-bw0-f219.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753292Ab0D0TbA (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:31:00 -0400 Received: by bwz19 with SMTP id 19so16194bwz.21 for ; Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:30:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1272393060.30392.2.camel@lb-tlvb-eilong.il.broadcom.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Le mardi 27 avril 2010 =C3=A0 21:31 +0300, Eilon Greenstein a =C3=A9cri= t : > Though the thread is going in a different direction now, I just wante= d > to clarify two things: > - yes, the 57710 and 57711 only handle the IP (src+dst) for UDP toepl= itz > hash. We all agree that it is much better to address the UDP ports as > well, but I think Rick Jones explained the process very well - thank = you > Rick. Just to add one more (lame) excuse: the HW was designed before = new > NAPI was introduced and it complies with the requirements from Redmon= d > - the next generation (57712) which we already sample does (finally) > support it. We are working on a patch series to enhance the bnx2x to > support this device now. >=20 Thanks Eilon !