netdev - Re: [rfc 0/4] igb: bandwidth allocation

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Message-ID: <87bpjh896f.fsf@basil.nowhere.org>
Date:	Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:09:44 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
Cc:	e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Arnd Bergmann <arndbergmann@...glemail.com>,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [rfc 0/4] igb: bandwidth allocation

Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au> writes:

> Hi,
>
> this series of patches exposes the bandwidth allocation
> hardware support of the Intel 82576. It does so through
> a rather hackish sysfs entry. That interface is just intended
> for testing so that the exposed hardware feature can
> be exercised. I would like to find a generic way to expose
> this feature to user-space.

It would be cool if you had a interface that did a software
fallback for NICs that don't support this.

-Andi

-- 
ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
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