From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [NET-NEXT v4 PATCH 1/5] ixgbe: this patch adds support for DCB to the kernel and ixgbe driver Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:02:39 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20081120.210239.215795673.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20081121020055.22180.24154.stgit@gitlost.lost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, jeff@garzik.org, alexander.h.duyck@intel.com, peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com To: jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:33751 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750835AbYKUFCj (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:02:39 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20081121020055.22180.24154.stgit@gitlost.lost> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Jeff Kirsher Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:00:55 -0800 > From: Alexander Duyck > > This adds support for Data Center Bridging (DCB) features in the > ixgbe driver and adds an rtnetlink interface for configuring DCB to > the kernel. The DCB feature support included are Priority Grouping > (PG) - which allows bandwidth guarantees to be allocated to groups > to traffic based on the 802.1q priority, and Priority Based Flow > Control (PFC) - which introduces a new MAC control PAUSE frame which > works at granularity of the 802.1p priority instead of the link > (IEEE 802.3x). > > Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck > Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher > Signed-off-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr Applied.