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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 10:55:29 +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 11.8.2014 09:02, Ivan Vecera wrote: > 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 Ben, is there any problem with this?? 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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