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Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:50:04 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Koichiro Den <den@valinux.co.jp>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] net: ntb_netdev: Add Multi-queue support
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On Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:28:06 +0900 Koichiro Den wrote:
> Usage (example):
>   - modprobe ntb_netdev ntb_num_queues=<N> # Patch 2 takes care of it
>   - ethtool -l <ifname> # Patch 3 takes care of it

Module parameters are not a very user friendly choice for uAPI.
You use ethtool -l for GET, what's the challenge with implementing SET
via ethtool -L?