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

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Message-ID: <49CB7D83.10205@trash.net>
Date:	Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:05:07 +0100
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Yu Zhao <yu.zhao@...el.com>
CC:	"shemminger@...tta.com" <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"gospo@...hat.com" <gospo@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v3] igbvf: add new driver to support 82576	virtual
 functions

Yu Zhao wrote:
> 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. Unless someone improves the
> existing tools to support configuring these new hardware features, people
> would keep trying to use the sysfs which is the easiest way so far.

So what are these missing features in the existing interfaces?
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