linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v6 3/9] kbuild: document RPS/XPS network Kconfig options

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Message-ID: <CAG88wWZ853cHkykNbQ+Lqrk_D1p-SCmB0Y29YE6GpSSUORwCxg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:54:35 -0800
From:	David Decotigny <david.decotigny@...gle.com>
To:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Szymon Janc <szymon@...c.net.pl>,
	Richard Jones <rick.jones2@...com>,
	Ayaz Abdulla <AAbdulla@...dia.com>,
	Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v6 3/9] kbuild: document RPS/XPS network Kconfig options

On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Ben Hutchings
<bhutchings@...arflare.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-11-16 at 14:15 -0800, David Decotigny wrote:
>> This adds a description of RPS/XPS options and allow them to be
>> changed at make menuconfig time.
>
> I'm not sure why you think this is necessary.

On my copy, make menuconfig doesn't let me change these CONFIG_ items,
unless I add the string after "boolean", which this patch does. I
agree, the help I added after is pure cosmetic.

>>  config RFS_ACCEL
[...]
> RFS refers to directing RX packet processsing of specific flows based on

Oops, you are right. I got confused and somehow read "RPS" instead of
"RFS" here. Thank you for the great explanation!

Will update this commit message. I don't know how patchwork handles
the follow-ups (it didn't work yesterday), so I'm afraid I will have
to send yet another batch of updates...

Regards,
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