netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] cxgb4: set skb->rxhash

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Date:	Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:43:38 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dm@...lsio.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] cxgb4: set skb->rxhash

From: Dimitris Michailidis <dm@...lsio.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:20:25 -0700

> Implement the ->set_flags ethtool method to control NETIF_F_RXHASH and
> set skb->rxhash to the HW calculated hash accordingly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dimitris Michailidis <dm@...lsio.com>

Does the CXGB4 hash the ports for non-TCP packets?

If not, you will need to check the packet type (preferrably using
RX descriptor information rather than actually parsing the packet)
and only record the ->rxhash for TCP packets.

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