From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ben Greear Subject: Re: [PATCH] NET: Multiqueue network device support. Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:17:44 -0700 Message-ID: <466F0D78.7090404@candelatech.com> References: <466DEF9D.9070509@trash.net> <1181615384.4071.121.camel@localhost> <466E9DF2.9010505@trash.net> <20070612.140240.00078635.davem@davemloft.net> <466F0C92.5080306@garzik.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, David Miller , kaber@trash.net, hadi@cyberus.ca, peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com, auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com To: Jeff Garzik Return-path: Received: from ns2.lanforge.com ([66.165.47.211]:52007 "EHLO ns2.lanforge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751360AbXFLVUB (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:20:01 -0400 In-Reply-To: <466F0C92.5080306@garzik.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Jeff Garzik wrote: > > If hardware w/ multiple queues will the capability for different MAC > addresses, different RX filters, etc. does it make sense to add that > below the net_device level? > > We will have to add all the configuration machinery at the per-queue > level that already exists at the per-netdev level. Perhaps the mac-vlan patch would be a good fit. Currently it is all software based, but if the hardware can filter on MAC, it can basically do mac-vlan acceleration. The mac-vlan devices are just like 'real' ethernet devices, so they can be used with whatever schemes work with regular devices. Thanks, Ben > > Jeff > > > > - > 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 -- Ben Greear Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com