netdev - Re: [RFC] multiqueue changes

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Date:	Mon, 2 Nov 2009 13:02:23 +0000
From:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	mchan@...adcom.com, kaber@...sh.net, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] multiqueue changes

On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 04:39:07AM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> From: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
> Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:30:29 +0000
> 
> > Right, but it's not a 50% chance, I guess? A user most of the time
> > gets consistently multiqueue or non-multiqueue behavior after open,
> > unless I miss something. Then such an exceptional state could be
> > handled by real_num_tx_queues (just like in case of powered of cpus).
> > The main difference is to hold in num_tx_queues something that is
> > really available vs max possible value for all configs.
> 
> I see your point, yes this would seem to be a reasonable way
> to start handling num_tx_queues and real_num_tx_queues.

Very nice! So, I hope Eric should be satisfied with these requested
comments already :-)

Thanks everybody,
Jarek P.
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