netdev - RE: does the broadcom bnx2x support RSS/multi queue

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Message-ID: <4A6A2125329CFD4D8CC40C9E8ABCAB9F2497E68B24@MILEXCH2.ds.jdsu.net>
Date:	Mon, 17 May 2010 01:05:06 -0700
From:	Jon Zhou <Jon.Zhou@...u.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
CC:	"eilong@...adcom.com" <eilong@...adcom.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: does the broadcom bnx2x support RSS/multi queue

hi eric:

"very recent kernel" -- do you you mean "receive packet steering"?

thanks
jon




-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Dumazet [mailto:eric.dumazet@...il.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 6:00 PM
To: Jon Zhou
Cc: eilong@...adcom.com; netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: RE: does the broadcom bnx2x support RSS/multi queue

Le mercredi 12 mai 2010 à 02:34 -0700, Jon Zhou a écrit :
> hi eilon:
> 
> do you think I need to update the kernel also?
> 
> thanks!
> jon

I believe both of us (Eilong and me) stated your kernel version was too
old.

In order to play with multiqueue, you should use a very recent kernel,
or hit various bottlenecks and bugs.