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Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 09:02:17 +0200 From: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com> To: "ben@...adent.org.uk" <ben@...adent.org.uk> CC: Venkat Duvvuru <VenkatKumar.Duvvuru@...lex.Com>, "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 ethtool 0/2] patchset - Support for configurable RSS hash key On 31.7.2014 09:43, Venkat Duvvuru wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: netdev-owner@...r.kernel.org [mailto:netdev- >> owner@...r.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Venkat Duvvuru >> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 5:51 PM >> To: ben@...adent.org.uk >> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; Venkat Duvvuru >> Subject: [PATCH v7 ethtool 0/2] patchset - Support for configurable RSS hash >> key >> >> NIC drivers that support RSS use either a hard-coded value or a random value >> for the RSS hash key. Irrespective of the type of the key used, the user >> would want to change the hash key if he/she is not satisfied with the >> effectiveness of the default hash-key in spreading the incoming flows evenly >> across the RSS queues. >> >> This patch set adds support for configuring the RSS hash-key via the ethtool >> interface using -X/-x option. >> >> v7: >> 1. Changed rss string to RSS to be consistent with other parts of the error >> codes >> and documentation. >> 2. Corrected a few error messages >> 3. Changed error codes to use either 1 or 2 based on the situation >> 4. Added test cases in test-cmdline.c >> >> Venkat Duvvuru (2): >> ethtool: Support for configurable RSS hash key. >> ethtool: Support for configurable RSS hash key. >> >> ethtool-copy.h | 478 >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- >> ethtool.8.in | 18 ++- >> ethtool.c | 393 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- >> test-cmdline.c | 11 ++ >> 4 files changed, 717 insertions(+), 183 deletions(-) > > Ben, Please let me know if you have any further comments on this. > > /Venkat. Hi Ben, any objection? Ivan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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