netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v10 5/7] ixgbe: Add GET_RSS_KEY command to VF-PF channel commands set

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Date:	Tue, 31 Mar 2015 00:35:59 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Vlad Zolotarov <vladz@...udius-systems.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org,
	avi@...udius-systems.com, gleb@...udius-systems.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v10 5/7] ixgbe: Add GET_RSS_KEY command to
 VF-PF channel commands set

On Mon, 2015-03-30 at 21:35 +0300, Vlad Zolotarov wrote:
> For 82599 and x540 VFs and PF share the same RSS Key. Therefore we
> will return
> the same RSS key for all VFs.
> 
> Support for other devices will be added later.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vlad Zolotarov <vladz@...udius-systems.com>
> ---
> New in v10:
>    - Return more self-explaining values.
> 
> New in v9:
>    - Reduce the support to 82599 and x540 devices only.
>    - Get rid of registers access in GET_VF_RSS_KEY flow:
>       - Get the RSS HASH Key value from the PF's adapter->rss_key[].
> 
> New in v5:
>    - Use a newly added netdev op to allow/prevent the RSS Hash Key
> querying on a per-VF
>      basis.
> 
> New in v3:
>    - Added a support for x550 devices.
> 
> New in v1 (compared to RFC):
>    - Use "if-else" statement instead of a "switch-case" for a single
> option case
>      (in ixgbe_get_vf_rss_key()).
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_mbx.h   |  1 +
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c | 21
> +++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)

Thanks Vlad, applied to my queue.
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