netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 5/7] qlcnic: Rename the IRQ description.

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Message-ID: <1366848330.2600.10.camel@bwh-desktop.uk.solarflarecom.com>
Date:	Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:05:30 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Jitendra Kalsaria <jitendra.kalsaria@...gic.com>
CC:	<davem@...emloft.net>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<sony.chacko@...gic.com>, <shahed.shaikh@...gic.com>,
	<Dept_NX_Linux_NIC_Driver@...gic.com>,
	Himanshu Madhani <himanshu.madhani@...gic.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 5/7] qlcnic: Rename the IRQ description.

On Wed, 2013-04-24 at 18:42 -0400, Jitendra Kalsaria wrote:
> From: Himanshu Madhani <himanshu.madhani@...gic.com>
> 
> Here's what modified vectors will look like
> in the /proc/interrupts
> 
>         MSIx             	INTx
> -----------------------------------------
> 83xx    qlcnic[MB]
> 	qlcnic-ethX[Rx0]
> 	qlcnic-ethX[Rx1]
> 	..
> 	qlcnic-ethX[RxN]
> 	qlcnic-ethx[Tx0]        qlcnic[MB+Tx0+Rx0]
> 
> 82xx    qlcnic-ethX[Rx0]
> 	qlcnic-ethX[Rx1]
> 	..
> 	qlcnic-ethX[Tx0+RxN]    qlcnic-ethX[Tx0+Rx0]
[...]

Many other multiqueue drivers (including your own qlge) use these
formats for IRQ handler names:

RX queue:   <device>-rx-<index>
TX queue:   <device>-tx-<index>
Queue pair: <device>-<index>

Please use similar formats.

Ben.

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