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Message-ID: <20131014105023.GC26880@hmsreliant.think-freely.org>
Date:	Mon, 14 Oct 2013 06:50:23 -0400
From:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
To:	John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ixgbe: enable l2 forwarding acceleration for macvlans

On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 01:48:33PM -0700, John Fastabend wrote:
> On 10/11/2013 11:43 AM, Neil Horman wrote:
> >Now that l2 acceleration ops are in place from the prior patch, enable ixgbe to
> >take advantage of these operations.  Allow it to allocate queues for a macvlan
> >so that when we transmit a frame, we can do the switching in hardware inside the
> >ixgbe card, rather than in software.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
> >CC: john.fastabend@...il.com
> >CC: Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>
> >CC: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
> >---
> 
> Neil, I'm fairly sure I can simplify this patch further. I'll be able
> to take a shot at it Tuesday if you don't mind waiting.
> 
> I can resubmit the series then and preserve your signed-off on at least
> the first patch. Seem reasonable?
> 
That sounds fine.
Thanks!
Neil

> .John
> 
> -- 
> John Fastabend         Intel Corporation
> 
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