netdev - Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next v10 3/7] ixgbe: Add a RETA query command to VF-PF channel API

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Message-ID: <1427873628.2662.8.camel@jtkirshe-mobl>
Date:	Wed, 01 Apr 2015 00:33:48 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Vlad Zolotarov <vladz@...udius-systems.com>
Cc:	"Tantilov, Emil S" <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"avi@...udius-systems.com" <avi@...udius-systems.com>,
	"intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org" <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>,
	"gleb@...udius-systems.com" <gleb@...udius-systems.com>
Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next v10 3/7] ixgbe: Add a RETA
 query command to VF-PF channel API

On Wed, 2015-04-01 at 10:29 +0300, Vlad Zolotarov wrote:
> On 04/01/15 02:55, Tantilov, Emil S wrote:
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Intel-wired-lan
> [mailto:intel-wired-lan-bounces@...ts.osuosl.org] On Behalf Of Jeff
> Kirsher
> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 12:35 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next v10 3/7] ixgbe: Add
> a RETA query command to VF-PF channel API
> >>
> >> On Mon, 2015-03-30 at 21:35 +0300, Vlad Zolotarov wrote:
> >>> Add this new command for 82599 and x540 devices only. Support for
> >>> other devices
> >>> will be added later.
> >>>
> >>> 82599 and x540 VFs and PF share the same RSS redirection table
> (RETA).
> >>> Therefore we just return it for all VFs.
> >>>
> >>> For 82599 and x540 RETA table is an array of 32 registers (128
> bytes)
> >>> and the maximum number of registers that may be delivered in a
> single VF-PF channel command is
> >>> 15. Therefore we will deliver the whole table in 3 steps: 12, 12
> and 8 registers in
> >>> each step correspondingly.
> > The above paragraph no longer applies to this patch. Perhaps Jeff
> can strip it to avoid having to resend the
> > patch just for the description.
> 
> Right. Thanks, Emil.
> The "compression" implemented in v9 voids the issue above and indeed
> the 
> last paragraph above should be stripped.
> Jeff, let me know if u want me to respin the series with the fixed 
> description in this patch.

Just respin this single patch, not the entire series, please.

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