netdev - Re: [PATCH] igb: add module param to set max-rss-queues.

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Date:   Fri, 24 Mar 2017 14:12:37 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     greearb@...delatech.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] igb: add module param to set max-rss-queues.

From: greearb@...delatech.com
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 13:58:47 -0700

> From: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
> 
> In systems where you may have a very large number of network
> adapters, certain drivers may consume an unfair amount of
> IRQ resources.  So, allow a module param that will limit the
> number of IRQs at driver load time.  This way, other drivers
> (40G Ethernet, for instance), which probably will need the
> multiple IRQs more, will not be starved of IRQ resources.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>

Sorry, no module params.

Use generic run-time facilities such as ethtool to configure
such things.