netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next] net: hyperv: Add attributes to show RX/TX indirection table

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Date:   Fri, 17 Jul 2020 16:59:57 +0000
From:   Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     "stephen@...workplumber.org" <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        Chi Song <Song.Chi@...rosoft.com>,
        KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        "wei.liu@...nel.org" <wei.liu@...nel.org>,
        "kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "ast@...nel.org" <ast@...nel.org>,
        "daniel@...earbox.net" <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        "kafai@...com" <kafai@...com>,
        "songliubraving@...com" <songliubraving@...com>,
        "yhs@...com" <yhs@...com>, "andriin@...com" <andriin@...com>,
        "john.fastabend@...il.com" <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        "kpsingh@...omium.org" <kpsingh@...omium.org>,
        "linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next] net: hyperv: Add attributes to show RX/TX
 indirection table



> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> Sent: Friday, July 17, 2020 12:56 PM
> To: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
> Cc: stephen@...workplumber.org; Chi Song <Song.Chi@...rosoft.com>; KY
> Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>; Stephen Hemminger
> <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>; wei.liu@...nel.org; kuba@...nel.org;
> ast@...nel.org; daniel@...earbox.net; kafai@...com; songliubraving@...com;
> yhs@...com; andriin@...com; john.fastabend@...il.com;
> kpsingh@...omium.org; linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org;
> netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: hyperv: Add attributes to show RX/TX
> indirection table
> 
> From: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
> Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 16:18:11 +0000
> 
> > Also in some minimal installation, "ethtool" may not always be
> > installed.
> 
> This is never an argument against using the most well suited API for
> exporting information to the user.
> 
> You can write "minimal" tools that just perform the ethtool netlink
> operations you require for information retrieval, you don't have to
> have the ethtool utility installed.

This option is being considered by us as well. 

Thanks,
- Haiyang