netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] ethtool: Define and apply a default policy for RX flow hash indirection

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Date:	Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:38:54 -0800 (PST)
From:	Shreyas Bhatewara <sbhatewara@...are.com>
To:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Cc:	linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com,
	Matt Carlson <mcarlson@...adcom.com>,
	Eilon Greenstein <eilong@...adcom.com>,
	Dimitris Michailidis <dm@...lsio.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	"VMware, Inc." <pv-drivers@...are.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] ethtool: Define and apply a default policy
 for RX flow hash indirection


----- Original Message -----
> All drivers that support modification of the RX flow hash indirection
> table initialise it in the same way: RX rings are assigned to table
> entries in rotation.  Make that default policy explicit by having
> them
> call a ethtool_rxfh_indir_default() function.
> 
> In the ethtool core, add support for a zero size value for
> ETHTOOL_SRXFHINDIR, which resets the table to this default.
> 
> Partly-suggested-by: Matt Carlson <mcarlson@...adcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
> ---
> The bnx2x, cxgb4 and vmxnet3 changes are compile-tested only.
> 

Looks good. Thanks for working on this.

Acked-by: Shreyas N Bhatewara <sbhatewara@...are.com>
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