From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] NET: Multiqueue network device support. Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:53:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20070612.145348.22503996.davem@davemloft.net> References: <466F0D78.7090404@candelatech.com> <20070612.142658.45082832.davem@davemloft.net> <466F142C.4040109@garzik.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: greearb@candelatech.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, kaber@trash.net, hadi@cyberus.ca, peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com, auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com To: jeff@garzik.org Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:55014 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754794AbXFLVxb (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:53:31 -0400 In-Reply-To: <466F142C.4040109@garzik.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Jeff Garzik Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:46:20 -0400 > Not quite... You'll have to deal with multiple Rx filters, not just the > current one-filter-for-all model present in today's NICs. Pools of > queues will have separate configured characteristics. The "steer" > portion you mention is a bottleneck that wants to be eliminated. It runs in hardware at wire speed, what's the issue? :-)