netdev - [PATCH v3 6/8] net: mvneta: Change the number of default rx queues to one

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Date:	Thu, 22 May 2014 20:07:01 -0300
From:	Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia@...e-electrons.com>
To:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>,
	Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>,
	Gregory Clement <gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com>,
	Lior Amsalem <alior@...vell.com>,
	Tawfik Bayouk <tawfik@...vell.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
	Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia@...e-electrons.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 6/8] net: mvneta: Change the number of default rx queues to one

The driver does not support multiple rx queues, and so it's a waste
of resources to have a default number larger than one (1).

Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia@...e-electrons.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index dd84b6a..02dd075 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -451,7 +451,10 @@ struct mvneta_rx_queue {
 	int next_desc_to_proc;
 };
 
-static int rxq_number = 8;
+/* The hardware supports eight (8) rx queues, but we are only allowing
+ * the first one to be used. Therefore, let's just allocate one queue.
+ */
+static int rxq_number = 1;
 static int txq_number = 8;
 
 static int rxq_def;
-- 
1.9.1

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