netdev - Re: [PATCH 04/10] net-sysfs.c changes.

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Date:	Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:16:30 +0530
From:	Krishna Kumar2 <krkumar2@...ibm.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, gaagaan@...il.com,
	general@...ts.openfabrics.org, hadi@...erus.ca,
	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, jagana@...ibm.com, jeff@...zik.org,
	johnpol@....mipt.ru, Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	kumarkr@...ux.ibm.com, mcarlson@...adcom.com, mchan@...adcom.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com,
	rdreier@...co.com, rick.jones2@...com, Robert.Olsson@...a.slu.se,
	sri@...ibm.com, tgraf@...g.ch, xma@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/10] net-sysfs.c changes.

Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org> wrote on 07/20/2007
09:52:03 PM:
> Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net> wrote:
>
> > Krishna Kumar2 wrote:
> > > Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net> wrote on 07/20/2007 03:37:20 PM:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >> rtnetlink support seems more important than sysfs to me.
> > >>
> > >
> > > Thanks, I will add that as a patch. The reason to add to sysfs is
that
> > > it is easier to change for a user (and similar to tx_queue_len).
> > >
> >
>
> But since batching is so similar to TSO, i really should be part of the
> flags and controlled by ethtool like other offload flags.

So should I add all three interfaces (or which ones) :

      1. /sys (like for tx_queue_len)
      2. netlink
      3. ethtool.

Or only 2 & 3 are enough ?

thanks,

- KK

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