From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: nhorman@tuxdriver.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, sbhatewara@vmware.com, pv-drivers@vmware.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vmxnet3: adjust ring sizes when interface is down
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 21:26:55 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140616.212655.977321958825501859.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1402668201-26628-1-git-send-email-nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
From: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 10:03:21 -0400
> If ethtool is used to update ring sizes on a vmxnet3 interface that isn't
> running, the change isn't stored, meaning the ring update is effectively is
> ignored and lost without any indication to the user.
>
> Other network drivers store the ring size update so that ring allocation uses
> the new sizes next time the interface is brought up. This patch modifies
> vmxnet3 to behave this way as well
>
> Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
This is fine, applied, thanks Neil.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-06-17 4:26 UTC|newest]
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2014-06-13 14:03 [PATCH] vmxnet3: adjust ring sizes when interface is down Neil Horman
2014-06-17 4:26 ` David Miller [this message]
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