netdev - Re: [net-next 00/10][pull request] 1GbE Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2018-04-25

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Date:   Wed, 25 Apr 2018 23:03:20 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, nhorman@...hat.com, sassmann@...hat.com,
        jogreene@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [net-next 00/10][pull request] 1GbE Intel Wired LAN Driver
 Updates 2018-04-25

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 11:22:22 -0700

> This series enables some ethtool and tc-flower filters to be offloaded
> to igb-based network controllers. This is useful when the system
> configuration wants to steer kinds of traffic to a specific hardware
> queue for i210 devices only.
> 
> The first two patch in the series are bug fixes.
> 
> The basis of this series is to export the internal API used to
> configure address filters, so they can be used by ethtool, and
> extending the functionality so an source address can be handled.
> 
> Then, we enable the tc-flower offloading implementation to re-use the
> same infrastructure as ethtool, and storing them in the per-adapter
> "nfc" (Network Filter Config?) list. But for consistency, for
> destructive access they are separated, i.e. an filter added by
> tc-flower can only be removed by tc-flower, but ethtool can read them
> all.
> 
> Only support for VLAN Prio, Source and Destination MAC Address, and
> Ethertype is enabled for now.

Pulled, thanks Jeff.