netdev - Re: [RFC V3 PATCH 03/26] net/netpolicy: get device queue irq information

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Date:   Mon, 12 Sep 2016 19:48:46 +0300
From:   Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:     kan.liang@...el.com, davem@...emloft.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
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Subject: Re: [RFC V3 PATCH 03/26] net/netpolicy: get device queue irq
 information

Hello.

On 09/12/2016 05:55 PM, kan.liang@...el.com wrote:

> From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>
>
> Net policy needs to know device information. Currently, it's enough to
> only get irq information of rx and tx queues.
>
> This patch introduces ndo ops to do so, not ethtool ops.
> Because there are already several ways to get irq information in
> userspace. It's not necessory to extend the ethtool.

    Necessary.

> Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>

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MBR, Sergei