netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6 2/2] niu: Recognise original ethtool class code for AH/ESP flow hashing

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Date:	Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:29:17 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	bhutchings@...arflare.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, alexander.h.duyck@...el.com,
	santwona.behera@....com, jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6 2/2] niu: Recognise original ethtool class
 code for AH/ESP flow hashing

From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2011 00:49:15 +0100

> When the RX network flow classification interface was originally
> defined for reporting and controlling of flow hashing, AH and ESP were
> not given distinct flow class codes (apparently because the Sun
> Neptune hardware treats them very similarly).
> 
> For flow steering, they must be distinguished, so new and separate
> flow class codes were added for AH and ESP.  But for backward-
> compatibility, flow hash operations should continue to support the
> original class codes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>

Applied, thanks Ben.
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