netdev - Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH] e1000/e1000e/igb/ixgb/ixgbe: set NETIF_F

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Message-ID: <AANLkTikDdxFho2ioBHMbze685+garDWF9kF3qFXZA9Hr@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 22 Sep 2010 23:06:41 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	gospo@...hat.com, bphilips@...ell.com, yi.zou@...el.com
Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH] e1000/e1000e/igb/ixgb/ixgbe: set
 NETIF_F_HIGHDMA for VLAN feature flags

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 22:28, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
> Le mercredi 22 septembre 2010 à 21:20 -0700, David Miller a écrit :
>> From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
>> Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:57:58 -0700
>>
>> > From: Yi Zou <yi.zou@...el.com>
>> >
>> > If the netdev->features is set with NETIF_F_HIGHDMA, we should set the
>> > corresponding netdev->vlan_features as well to allow VLAN netdev created
>> > on top of the real netdev to be able to also benefit from HIGHDMA on 32bit
>> > system, reducing the performance hit that is caused by __skb_linearize(),
>> > particularly for large send. This is fixed in this patch for all Intel e1000,
>> > e1000e, igb, ixgbe, and ixgbe drivers since this should be beneficial
>> > to all devices supported by these drivers.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Yi Zou <yi.zou@...el.com>
>> > Tested-by: Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com>
>> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
>>
>> Applied.
>
>
> Maybe this could be done in core network.
>
>

Good suggestion!  Do you plan on making a patch Eric?  Let me know of
any assistance
you need with the Intel LAN dirvers.
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