From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 NEXT 1/1] net: ethtool support to configure number of channels Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:56:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20110406.125637.70201394.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1301720283-25038-1-git-send-email-amit.salecha@qlogic.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, ameen.rahman@qlogic.com, anirban.chakraborty@qlogic.com, bhutchings@solarflare.com To: amit.salecha@qlogic.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:60459 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753455Ab1DFT5N (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Apr 2011 15:57:13 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1301720283-25038-1-git-send-email-amit.salecha@qlogic.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Amit Kumar Salecha Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 21:58:03 -0700 > o There exist ETHTOOL_GRXRINGS command for getting number of RX rings, > but it is tigtly coupled with RX flow hash configuration. > o Patches for qlcnic and netxen_nic driver supporting rx channel will follow > soon. > o This patch is reworked on Ben Hutchings "ethtool: NUMA affinity control" patch, > dropping the affinity control from it. > > Ben Hutching: > o define 'combined' and 'other' types. Most multiqueue drivers pair up RX and TX > queues so that most channels combine RX and TX work. > o Please could you use a kernel-doc comment to describe the structure. > > Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings > Signed-off-by: Amit Kumar Salecha Ben, are you currently OK with this patch? There was some back and forth, and I just want to make sure all of the issues you raised were addressed to your satisfaction. Thanks.