From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Neil Horman Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ixgbe: enable l2 forwarding acceleration for macvlans Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 06:50:23 -0400 Message-ID: <20131014105023.GC26880@hmsreliant.think-freely.org> References: <1380140209-24587-1-git-send-email-nhorman@tuxdriver.com> <1381517037-26007-1-git-send-email-nhorman@tuxdriver.com> <1381517037-26007-3-git-send-email-nhorman@tuxdriver.com> <525B0721.7060709@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, Andy Gospodarek , David Miller To: John Fastabend Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:49955 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754652Ab3JNKu1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Oct 2013 06:50:27 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <525B0721.7060709@gmail.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 01:48:33PM -0700, John Fastabend wrote: > On 10/11/2013 11:43 AM, Neil Horman wrote: > >Now that l2 acceleration ops are in place from the prior patch, enable ixgbe to > >take advantage of these operations. Allow it to allocate queues for a macvlan > >so that when we transmit a frame, we can do the switching in hardware inside the > >ixgbe card, rather than in software. > > > >Signed-off-by: Neil Horman > >CC: john.fastabend@gmail.com > >CC: Andy Gospodarek > >CC: "David S. Miller" > >--- > > Neil, I'm fairly sure I can simplify this patch further. I'll be able > to take a shot at it Tuesday if you don't mind waiting. > > I can resubmit the series then and preserve your signed-off on at least > the first patch. Seem reasonable? > That sounds fine. Thanks! Neil > .John > > -- > John Fastabend Intel Corporation >