From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Yuval Mintz" Subject: Re: New commands to configure IOV features Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:21:55 +0300 Message-ID: <4FE9A963.7020602@broadcom.com> References: <4FA7AF62.8000405@broadcom.com> <20120507081634.000003f8.gregory.v.rose@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Greg Rose" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" To: "Ben Hutchings" Return-path: Received: from mms2.broadcom.com ([216.31.210.18]:4183 "EHLO mms2.broadcom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754432Ab2FZMXo (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jun 2012 08:23:44 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20120507081634.000003f8.gregory.v.rose@intel.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 05/07/2012 06:16 PM, Greg Rose wrote: > 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 Hi Ben, If I want to pick the RFCs and add support for configuring the number of VFs - do you think ethtool's the right place for such added support? I'm asking since as far as I can see, ethtool (today) doesn't contain any features related to virtual functions. Thanks, Yuval