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Message-ID: <1342030507.2613.46.camel@bwh-desktop.uk.solarflarecom.com>
Date:	Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:15:07 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
	<jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>, <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	<therbert@...gle.com>, <alexander.duyck@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 07/10] ixgbe: Add function for setting XPS queue
 mapping

On Fri, 2012-06-29 at 17:16 -0700, Alexander Duyck wrote:
> This change adds support for ixgbe to configure the XPS queue mapping on
> load.  The result of this change is that on open we will now be resetting
> the number of Tx queues, and then setting the default configuration for XPS
> based on if ATR is enabled or disabled.
[...]

I didn't see where you're resetting the number of TX queues; was that
actually added in an earlier patch?

It seems strange to be resetting XPS configuration on open; normally net
device configuration persists as long as the device is registered.
Maybe only do this if the number of TX queues has to change?

Ben.

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