From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6 2/2] niu: Recognise original ethtool class code for AH/ESP flow hashing Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:29:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20110411.132917.229759117.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1302306555.2871.59.camel@bwh-desktop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, alexander.h.duyck@intel.com, santwona.behera@sun.com, jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com To: bhutchings@solarflare.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:54609 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754937Ab1DKU3w (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:29:52 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1302306555.2871.59.camel@bwh-desktop> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Ben Hutchings Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2011 00:49:15 +0100 > When the RX network flow classification interface was originally > defined for reporting and controlling of flow hashing, AH and ESP were > not given distinct flow class codes (apparently because the Sun > Neptune hardware treats them very similarly). > > For flow steering, they must be distinguished, so new and separate > flow class codes were added for AH and ESP. But for backward- > compatibility, flow hash operations should continue to support the > original class codes. > > Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings Applied, thanks Ben.