From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [net-2.6 PATCH 1/3] ixgbe: Refactor set_num_queues() and cache_ring_register() Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:54:52 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20090205.235452.245713179.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20090205013900.29241.77746.stgit@lost.foo-projects.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, jeff@garzik.org, gospo@redhat.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]:35505 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752530AbZBFHy4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Feb 2009 02:54:56 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20090205013900.29241.77746.stgit@lost.foo-projects.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Jeff Kirsher Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:39:02 -0800 > The current code to determine the number of queues the device will want > on driver initialization is ugly and difficult to maintain. It also > doesn't allow for easy expansion for future features or future hardware. > This patch refactors these routines, and make them easier to deal with. > > Signed-off-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr > Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher Applied.