netdev - Re: [PATCH net 1/3] net: sched: Add TCA_HW

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Date:   Thu, 14 Dec 2017 15:04:29 +0100
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Yuval Mintz <yuvalm@...lanox.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, mlxsw@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/3] net: sched: Add TCA_HW_OFFLOAD

Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 02:54:29PM CET, yuvalm@...lanox.com wrote:
>Qdiscs can be offloaded to HW, but current implementation isn't uniform.
>Instead, qdiscs either pass information about offload status via their
>TCA_OPTIONS or omit it altogether.
>
>Introduce a new attribute - TCA_HW_OFFLOAD that would form a uniform
>uAPI for the offloading status of qdiscs.
>
>Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz <yuvalm@...lanox.com>

Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>