From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg Rose Subject: Re: New commands to configure IOV features Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 08:16:34 -0700 Message-ID: <20120507081634.000003f8.gregory.v.rose@intel.com> References: <4FA7AF62.8000405@broadcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Ben Hutchings , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" To: Yuval Mintz Return-path: Received: from mga14.intel.com ([143.182.124.37]:27457 "EHLO mga14.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756287Ab2EGPQi (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 May 2012 11:16:38 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4FA7AF62.8000405@broadcom.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, 7 May 2012 14:17:54 +0300 Yuval Mintz wrote: > I've tried to figure out if there was a standard interface > (ethtool/iproute) through which a user could configure the number > of vfs in his system. > > I've seen the RFC suggested in > http://markmail.org/thread/qblfcv7zbxsxp7q6, and > http://markmail.org/thread/fw54dcppmxuxoe6n, but failed to see any > later references to it (commits or further discussion on this topic). > > How exactly are things standing with these RFCs? Were they abandoned? The only way to configure the number of VFs continues to be through the max_vfs module parameter. I've got a patch to do it through ethtool sitting on the back burner but due to other requirements of my day job I've not been able to work on it since last fall. - Greg > > Thanks, > Yuval > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html