netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH v3] igbvf: add new driver to support 82576 virtual functions

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Message-Id: <20090325.201635.245115032.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:16:35 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	yu.zhao@...el.com
Cc:	shemminger@...tta.com, alexander.h.duyck@...el.com,
	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	gospo@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v3] igbvf: add new driver to support 82576
 virtual functions

From: Yu Zhao <yu.zhao@...el.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:33:43 +0800

> We do have some powerful tools for network device configuration, but
> they still can't cover the multi queue and SR-IOV NICs (also David
> Woodhouse's Solos DSL, etc.) configuration requirement.

We have a generic link creation mechanism in rtnl_link so I think
this claim wrt. SR-IOV is false.

Believe it or not, somebody took the time to make a generic mechanism
for things many virtual network device drivers have to do, and
igb/igbvf can use it too.
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