netdev - RE: [PATCH v5 net-next 0/2] patchset: Support for configurable RSS hash key

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Message-ID: <BF3270C86E8B1349A26C34E4EC1C44CB2C89CCDD@CMEXMB1.ad.emulex.com>
Date:	Wed, 26 Mar 2014 09:21:01 +0000
From:	Venkata Duvvuru <VenkatKumar.Duvvuru@...lex.Com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"ben@...adent.org.uk" <ben@...adent.org.uk>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v5 net-next 0/2] patchset: Support for configurable RSS
 hash key

> Nothing stops ethtool from providing a combined operation on the command
> line, but that doesn't mean we necessarily have to have a single kernel
> interface doing both thing.

Sounds good. We can have a combined operation on the command line and can still have different data structure, command and kernel interface for each of the sub operations.

> I really still think that adding just a new key operation is the way to go.

Ben and David,
I don't mind going back to the original approach of adding a new hash key operation. Please let me know what you guys think, combined operation or a new operation.
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