netdev - Re: [net-next 1/6] net/dcb: Add dcbnl buffer attribute

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Message-ID: <CAJ3xEMhj80XNkKNmxCm-W3U0nGDrL9LzSScs-QakaBgDJvo=xg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 23 May 2018 09:15:49 +0300
From:   Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com>
To:     Huy Nguyen <huyn@...lanox.com>
Cc:     Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [net-next 1/6] net/dcb: Add dcbnl buffer attribute

On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 4:01 AM, Huy Nguyen <huyn@...lanox.com> wrote:
> Dear Jakub, PSB.
> On 5/22/2018 1:32 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:

>> Devlink API accommodates requirements of simpler (SwitchX2?) and more
>> advanced schemes (present in Spectrum).  The simpler/basic static
>> threshold configurations is exactly what you are doing here, AFAIU.

> [HQN] Devlink API is tailored specifically for switch. We don't configure
> threshold configuration
> explicitly. It is done via PFC. Once PFC is enabled on priority, threshold
> is setup based on our
> proprietary formula that were tested rigorously for performance.

Huy, please do not prefix your reply lines with your name, it's not needed
and confusing, the email clients used by people in this list do the job.