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Message-ID: <1454690560.3349.1.camel@intel.com>
Date:	Fri, 5 Feb 2016 16:42:40 +0000
From:	"Keller, Jacob E" <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ethtool: add dynamic flag to ETHTOOL_{GS}RXFH
 commands

On Thu, 2016-02-04 at 19:30 -0500, David Miller wrote:
> From: "Keller, Jacob E" <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
> Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 23:09:56 +0000
> 
> > So you're suggesting instead, to error when the second operation
> > (change number of queues) would fail the current settings?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> This is absolutely required.

I will investigate this route. I think there needs to some way for the
{GS}RXFH to pass enough information in a way the driver can clearly see
as "reset to default", but otherwise I think this is pretty straight
forward to implement.

Thanks,
Jake

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