From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: mirq-linux@rere.qmqm.pl
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, bhutchings@solarflare.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 0/9] net: Unified offload configuration
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:56:11 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110217.145611.229745070.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1297824704.git.mirq-linux@rere.qmqm.pl>
From: Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@rere.qmqm.pl>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 03:59:16 +0100 (CET)
> Here's a v6 of the ethtool unification patch series.
>
> What's in it?
> 1..4:
> cleanups for the core patches
> 5:
> the patch - implement unified ethtool setting ops
> 6..7:
> implement interoperation between old and new ethtool ops
> 8:
> include RX checksum in features and plug it into new framework
> 9:
> convert loopback device to new framework
>
> What is it good for?
> - unifies driver behaviour wrt hardware offloads
> - removes a lot of boilerplate code from drivers
> - allows better fine-grained control over used offloads
Applied to net-next-2.6, please send any bug fixes relative to this.
Please get rid of that annoying message spit out by netif_features_change(),
it's just spam. If we want notifications for stuff like this, use a
non-unicast netlink message so those who want to hear it can do so.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-02-17 22:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-02-16 2:59 [PATCH v6 0/9] net: Unified offload configuration Michał Mirosław
2011-02-16 2:59 ` [PATCH v6 2/9] ethtool: enable GSO and GRO by default Michał Mirosław
2011-02-16 2:59 ` [PATCH v6 1/9] ethtool: move EXPORT_SYMBOL(ethtool_op_set_tx_csum) to correct place Michał Mirosław
2011-02-16 2:59 ` [PATCH v6 3/9] ethtool: factorize ethtool_get_strings() and ethtool_get_sset_count() Michał Mirosław
2011-02-16 2:59 ` [PATCH v6 6/9] net: ethtool: use ndo_fix_features for offload setting Michał Mirosław
2011-02-16 2:59 ` [PATCH v6 4/9] ethtool: factorize get/set_one_feature Michał Mirosław
2011-02-16 2:59 ` [PATCH v6 5/9] net: Introduce new feature setting ops Michał Mirosław
2011-02-16 2:59 ` [PATCH v6 9/9] loopback: convert to hw_features Michał Mirosław
2011-02-16 2:59 ` [PATCH v6 8/9] net: introduce NETIF_F_RXCSUM Michał Mirosław
2011-02-16 2:59 ` [PATCH v6 7/9] net: use ndo_fix_features for ethtool_ops->set_flags Michał Mirosław
2011-02-17 22:56 ` David Miller [this message]
2011-02-18 14:22 ` [PATCH v6 0/9] net: Unified offload configuration Michał Mirosław
2011-02-18 14:29 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-02-18 19:27 ` Michał Mirosław
2011-02-18 20:06 ` David Miller
2011-02-19 12:28 ` Michał Mirosław
2011-02-19 12:46 ` [PATCH 1/1] Fix "(unregistered net_device): Features changed" message Michał Mirosław
2011-02-22 14:42 ` [PATCH] net: avoid initial "Features " Michał Mirosław
2011-02-22 14:43 ` Michał Mirosław
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