netdev - RE: [PATCH v5 net-next 0/2] patchset: Support for configurable RSS hash key

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Date:	Wed, 2 Apr 2014 11:14:20 +0000
From:	Venkata Duvvuru <VenkatKumar.Duvvuru@...lex.Com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	"ben@...adent.org.uk" <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v5 net-next 0/2] patchset: Support for configurable RSS
 hash key

> >> > By grouping the key and hash together, with some reserved fields
> >> > (which the setter should initially require to be equal to zero), it
> >> > should be possible to fill in support for numbered RSS contexts
> >> > later without yet another new structure and operations.
> >
> >
> >> If that is the case, why don't we add from the start a "u32 rss_context;"
> >> field that has to be set to zero for now?
> >
> > The current structure has got three u32 reserved fields already. We could use
> one of them when the support is added.
> 
> Just do as I said, naming one of those to "rss_context" now, and require that it
> be zero.

David, I see that net-next will not be opened for new feature patches for some time. Please let me know if I can submit "v6" version of this patch now or wait till net-next opens back up. Thanks.

Venkat.
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