netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] ixgbe: Refactor the RSS configuration code.

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Message-ID: <1427429712.2497.42.camel@jtkirshe-mobl>
Date:	Thu, 26 Mar 2015 21:15:12 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Vlad Zolotarov <vladz@...udius-systems.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org,
	avi@...udius-systems.com, gleb@...udius-systems.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] ixgbe: Refactor the RSS configuration
 code.

On Fri, 2015-03-27 at 00:44 +0200, Vlad Zolotarov wrote:
> This patch is a preparation for enablement of ethtool RSS indirection
> table
> and hash key querying. We don't want to read registers every time the
> RSS info
> is queried. Therefore we will store its current content in the
> arrays in the adapter struct and will read it from there (instead of
> from
> registers) when requested.
> 
> Will change the code that writes the indirection table and hash key
> into the HW registers
> to take its content from these arrays. This will also simplify the
> indirection
> table updating ethtool callback implementation in the future.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vlad Zolotarov <vladz@...udius-systems.com>
> ---
> New in v2:
>    - Some styling fixes.
>    - Moved macros definitions from ixgbe_type.h to ixgbe.h.
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h      |   9 ++
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 142
> ++++++++++++++++++--------
>  2 files changed, 108 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)

I have added this to my queue.
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jkirsher/next-queue.git
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