netdev - Re: [PATCH] tg3: Make the RSS indir tbl admin configurable

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Date:	Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:12:11 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	bhutchings@...arflare.com
Cc:	mcarlson@...adcom.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, mchan@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tg3: Make the RSS indir tbl admin configurable

From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:04:34 +0000

> On Thu, 2011-12-15 at 16:47 -0800, Matt Carlson wrote:
>> This patch adds the ethtool callbacks necessary to change the rss
>> indirection table from userspace.  When setting the indirection table
>> through set_rxfh_indir, an indirection table size of zero is
>> interpreted to mean that the admin wants to relinquish control of the
>> table to the driver.  Should the number of interrupts change (e.g.
>> across a close / open call, or through a reset), any indirection table
>> values that exceed the number of RSS queues or interrupt vectors will
>> be automatically scaled back to values within range.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Matt Carlson <mcarlson@...adcom.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
> 
> No I didn't!

Matt, really, don't do crap like this.  It's extremely rude and
completely unprofessional.
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