netdev - RE: [RFC V3 PATCH 03/26] net/netpolicy: get device queue irq information

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Date:   Tue, 13 Sep 2016 12:23:10 +0000
From:   "Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@...el.com>
To:     Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
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Subject: RE: [RFC V3 PATCH 03/26] net/netpolicy: get device queue irq
 information

> 
> Hello.
> 
> On 09/12/2016 05:55 PM, kan.liang@...el.com wrote:
> 
> > From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>
> >
> > Net policy needs to know device information. Currently, it's enough to
> > only get irq information of rx and tx queues.
> >
> > This patch introduces ndo ops to do so, not ethtool ops.
> > Because there are already several ways to get irq information in
> > userspace. It's not necessory to extend the ethtool.
> 
>     Necessary.

OK. I will extend the ethtool in next version.

Thanks,
Kan

> 
> > Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>
> 
> [...]
> 
> MBR, Sergei