netdev - Re: New commands to configure IOV features

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Date:	Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:08:16 -0400
From:	Don Dutile <ddutile@...hat.com>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
CC:	"Rose, Gregory V" <gregory.v.rose@...el.com>,
	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Yuval Mintz <yuvalmin@...adcom.com>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ariel Elior <ariele@...adcom.com>,
	Eilon Greenstein <eilong@...adcom.com>,
	linux-pci <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: New commands to configure IOV features

On 09/21/2012 03:49 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Don Dutile<ddutile@...hat.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> ok, something like attached patches?
>>>
>>> ixgbe change need more cleanup from ixgbe guys.
>>>
>> yuk, no.
>> I have a set of patches almost done.
>
> good. includes update to those network drivers?
>
>> It provides 3 sysfs files (enable, disable, num_max_vfs);
>> callbacks for enable&  disable.
>
> why using three? only pass max_vfs should be enough...
>
> aka pass 0 mean disabling, pass other value mean enabling.
>
could do that.  but I wouldn't use 'max_vfs'; I would recommend
'num_vfs', as max implies, er, um, the maximum, and what one
wants is to be able to enable a number from 1->max_vfs.
'max_vfs' will be provided by another file.

>>
>> i'm tied up until Monday on RHEL6, then I'll switch gears&  post a set of
>> patches.
>
> so that is your employer 'sinternal policy? for RHEL 6 kernel first,
> then upstream kernel?
No, I have deadlines for RHEL6 for *other work* until Monday.  After that,
I can re-focus on upstream work.  Some of us actually have other work than
just upstream.... crazy talk, I know! ;-)

> thought RH only accept backporting only patches get into upstream already.
>
yup. 'upstream first' is the rule at RH before it gets into a RHEL release...
and sometimes that isn't sufficient!

Have a beer, enjoy the weekend, posting forthcoming next week!

> -Yinghai

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