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Message-ID: <466F0D78.7090404@candelatech.com> Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:17:44 -0700 From: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com> To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> CC: netdev@...r.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, kaber@...sh.net, hadi@...erus.ca, peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com, auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] NET: Multiqueue network device support. Jeff Garzik wrote: > > If hardware w/ multiple queues will the capability for different MAC > addresses, different RX filters, etc. does it make sense to add that > below the net_device level? > > We will have to add all the configuration machinery at the per-queue > level that already exists at the per-netdev level. Perhaps the mac-vlan patch would be a good fit. Currently it is all software based, but if the hardware can filter on MAC, it can basically do mac-vlan acceleration. The mac-vlan devices are just like 'real' ethernet devices, so they can be used with whatever schemes work with regular devices. Thanks, Ben > > Jeff > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in > the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com> Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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