netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] ibmvnic: Implement driver-defined queue limits

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Date:   Mon, 01 Oct 2018 23:31:29 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     tlfalcon@...ux.ibm.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, nfont@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] ibmvnic: Implement driver-defined queue
 limits

From: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.ibm.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2018 18:38:23 -0500

> In this patch series, update the ibmvnic driver to use driver-defined
> queue limits instead of limits imposed by the Virtual I/O server
> management partition. For some deviced, initial max queue size and
> amount limits, despite their definition, can actually be exceeded if
> the client driver requests it. With this in mind, define a private
> ethtool flag that toggles the use of driver-defined limits. These
> limits are currently more than what supported hardware will likely
> allow, so the driver will attempt to get as close as possible to
> the user request but may not fully succeed.

Series applied.