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Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 22:46:07 +0000 From: "Schmitt, Phillip J" <phillip.j.schmitt@...el.com> To: "Du, Fan" <fan.du@...el.com>, "Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com> CC: "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, "Du, Fan" <fan.du@...el.com>, "intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org" <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org> Subject: RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v2 3/3] ixgbe: Don't report flow director filter's status > -----Original Message----- > From: Intel-wired-lan [mailto:intel-wired-lan-bounces@...ts.osuosl.org] On > Behalf Of Fan Du > Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 7:58 PM > To: Kirsher, Jeffrey T > Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; Du, Fan; intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org > Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v2 3/3] ixgbe: Don't report flow director filter's > status > > For two reasons I want to disable this: > 1. Not any part actually check the report status(Alexander Duyck) 2. To report > hash value of a packet to stack, > RSS -> 32bits hash value > Perfect match fdir filter -> 13bits hash value > Hashed-based fdir filter -> 31bits hash value > > fdir filter might hash on masked tuples for IP address, > so it's still not desirable for usage. > > So for now, just stick to RSS 32bits hash value. > > Signed-off-by: Fan Du <fan.du@...el.com> > Suggested-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...hat.com> > --- > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_82599.c | 2 -- > 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Tested-by: Phil Schmitt <phillip.j.schmitt@...el.com> -- 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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