netdev - Re: [v4 Patch 2/2] mlx4: add dynamic LRO disable support

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Date:	Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:04:59 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	amwang@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, nhorman@...hat.com, sgruszka@...hat.com,
	herbert.xu@...hat.com, bhutchings@...arflare.com,
	Ramkrishna.Vepa@...r.com
Subject: Re: [v4 Patch 2/2] mlx4: add dynamic LRO disable support

From: Amerigo Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:50:17 -0400

> 
> This patch adds dynamic LRO diable support for mlx4 net driver.
> It also fixes a bug of mlx4, which checks NETIF_F_LRO flag in rx
> path without rtnl lock.
> 
> (I don't have mlx4 card, so only did compiling test. Anyone who wants
> to test this is more than welcome.)
> 
> This is based on Neil's initial work too, and heavily modified based
> on Stanislaw's suggestions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <amwang@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...hat.com>
> Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...hat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>
> Cc: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>

Applied to net-next-2.6

I'd really like the module options to just die as the dynamic
ethtool mechanism should be the only knob for this for consistency
with the rest of the drivers.
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