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Date:	Thu, 9 Jul 2015 16:41:59 +0300
From:	Amir Vadai <amirv@...lanox.com>
To:	Amir Vadai <amirv@...lanox.com>
CC:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Or Gerlitz" <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>,
	Tal Alon <talal@...lanox.com>, Eyal Perry <eyalpe@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net V1] ethtool: Support for configurable RSS hash function

On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 9:31 AM, Amir Vadai <amirv@...lanox.com> wrote:
> On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 11:09 PM Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 2015-05-05 at 18:48 +0300, Amir Vadai wrote:
>> > On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 2:22 PM, Amir Vadai <amirv@...lanox.com> wrote:
>> > > From: Eyal Perry <eyalpe@...lanox.com>
>> > >
>> > > This ethtool patch adds support to set and get the current RSS hash
>> > > function for the device through through the new hfunc field in the
>> > > ethtool_rxfh struct. Kernel supported hash function names are queried
>> > > with ETHTOOL_GSTRINGS (value 0 is reserved and skipped).
>> > >
>> > > Although currently no device supports a combination of hash
>> > > functions/attributes, this ethtool implementation will support it. Both in the
>> > > set and in the get.
>> > > The device driver declares the functions and/or attributes that it supports,
>> > > and ethtool will show it correctly and enable the user to set those
>> > > combinations.
>> > > If a combination is not supported - the device driver will fail the operation
>> > > and ethtool will print an error message.
>> > >
>> > > Signed-off-by: Eyal Perry <eyalpe@...lanox.com>
>> > > Signed-off-by: Amir Vadai <amirv@...lanox.com>
>> > > ---
>> > > Changes from V1:
>> > > - Fixed some English mistakes
>> > > - Fixed the complicated way to write '= req_hfunc;'...
>> > > - Better support in combination of hash functions/attributes
>> >
>> > Ben Hi,
>> >
>> > Could you take a look at this patch?
>>
>> Didn't we agree that only one hash function should be selected at once?
>> Can you send a new version that implements that?
> Yeh, and actually I did send a V1 according to that approach, but Dave
> Miller has suggested [1] that we might add control attributes in
> combination to the hash function.
>
> [1] - http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/360812
>
> Amir
>
>>
>> Ben.
>>
>> --
>> Ben Hutchings
>> Reality is just a crutch for people who can't handle science fiction.
Hi Ben,

Does my answer satisfies you?

Amir
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