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Date: Thu, 06 May 2010 00:32:15 -0700 (PDT) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com, gregory.v.rose@...el.com Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 2/3] ixgbe: Streamline MC filter setup for VFs From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com> Date: Wed, 05 May 2010 22:57:30 -0700 > From: Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@...el.com> > > The driver was calling the set Rx mode function for every multicast > filter set by the VF. When starting many VMs where each might have > multiple VLAN interfaces this would result in the function being > called hundreds or even thousands of times. This is unnecessary > for the case of the imperfect filters used in the MTA and has been > streamlined to be more efficient. > > Signed-off-by: Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@...el.com> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com> Applied. -- 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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