From: Roland Dreier <roland@kernel.org>
To: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@mellanox.com>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
yevgenyp@mellanox.com, oren@mellanox.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
hadarh@mellanox.co.il
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 06/10] {NET,IB}/mlx4: Add device managed flow steering firmware API
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 01:14:48 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAG4TOxNyxP8FpzNdMZR3WMvFCQtEx_r3oLh6s7sZOcBnqN=6tA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4FF153F0.8080707@mellanox.com>
On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 12:55 AM, Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@mellanox.com> wrote:
> On 7/2/2012 12:42 AM, David Miller wrote:
>> [...] Module parameters stink because every driver is going to provide the
>> knob differently, with a different name, and different semantics. This
>> creates a terrible user experience, and I will not allow it.
>
> OK, so if looking on what we are left with on the table, seems that sysfs
> entry on the mlx4_core
> level (as we do for the port link type {IB, Eth} or IB port MTU) could be
> fine here, Roland, agree?
What was wrong with Dave's initial suggestion of ethtool? All the
other steering stuff is configured that way, why not this hash?
- R.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-07-02 8:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-07-01 9:43 [PATCH net-next 00/10] net/mlx4: Add flow-steering support Or Gerlitz
2012-07-01 9:43 ` [PATCH net-next 01/10] net/mlx4_core: Change resource tracking mechanism to use red-black tree Or Gerlitz
2012-07-01 10:17 ` David Miller
2012-07-01 9:43 ` [PATCH net-next 02/10] net/mlx4_core: Change resource tracking ID to be 64 bit Or Gerlitz
2012-07-01 9:43 ` [PATCH net-next 03/10] net/mlx4_en: Re-design multicast attachments flow Or Gerlitz
2012-07-01 10:32 ` David Miller
2012-07-01 9:43 ` [PATCH net-next 04/10] net/mlx4: Set steering mode according to device capabilities Or Gerlitz
2012-07-01 10:20 ` David Miller
2012-07-01 9:43 ` [PATCH net-next 05/10] net/mlx4_core: Add firmware commands to support device managed flow steering Or Gerlitz
2012-07-01 9:43 ` [PATCH net-next 06/10] {NET,IB}/mlx4: Add device managed flow steering firmware API Or Gerlitz
2012-07-01 10:30 ` David Miller
2012-07-01 12:29 ` Or Gerlitz
2012-07-01 21:42 ` David Miller
2012-07-02 7:55 ` Or Gerlitz
2012-07-02 8:14 ` Roland Dreier [this message]
2012-07-02 8:28 ` Or Gerlitz
2012-07-02 8:36 ` David Miller
2012-07-02 13:00 ` Or Gerlitz
2012-07-02 8:34 ` David Miller
2012-07-02 18:07 ` Ben Hutchings
2012-07-03 0:15 ` David Miller
2012-07-03 1:04 ` David Miller
2012-07-03 11:10 ` Or Gerlitz
2012-07-01 9:43 ` [PATCH net-next 07/10] net/mlx4_core: Add resource tracking for device managed flow steering rules Or Gerlitz
2012-07-01 10:22 ` David Miller
2012-07-01 9:43 ` [PATCH net-next 08/10] net/mlx4: Implement promiscuous mode with device managed flow-steering Or Gerlitz
2012-07-01 9:43 ` [PATCH net-next 09/10] net/mlx4_en: Manage flow steering rules with ethtool Or Gerlitz
2012-07-01 10:23 ` David Miller
2012-07-01 16:00 ` Ben Hutchings
2012-07-01 16:38 ` Joe Perches
2012-07-01 17:31 ` Joe Perches
2012-07-01 18:48 ` Andreas Schwab
2012-07-01 19:52 ` Joe Perches
2012-07-02 10:19 ` David Laight
2012-07-02 11:35 ` Andreas Schwab
2012-07-02 12:15 ` David Laight
2012-07-03 8:14 ` Or Gerlitz
2012-07-02 12:57 ` Or Gerlitz
2012-07-03 1:47 ` Ben Hutchings
2012-07-03 8:56 ` Or Gerlitz
2012-07-03 8:58 ` Or Gerlitz
2012-07-02 13:32 ` Or Gerlitz
2012-07-03 1:50 ` Ben Hutchings
2012-07-03 9:00 ` Or Gerlitz
2012-07-01 9:43 ` [PATCH net-next 10/10] net/mlx4_en: Add support for drop action through ethtool Or Gerlitz
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