netdev - Re: [PATCH ethtool] netlink: rss: retrieve ring count using ETHTOOL

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Message-ID: <20241003134916.q6m7i3qkancqjnvr@skbuf>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2024 16:49:16 +0300
From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
To: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>
Cc: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>,
	"Mogilappagari, Sudheer" <sudheer.mogilappagari@...el.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH ethtool] netlink: rss: retrieve ring count using
 ETHTOOL_GRXRINGS ioctl

On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 01:09:47PM +0200, Michal Kubecek wrote:
> I'm afraid we will have to keep the unfortunate ioctl fallback for quite
> long. The only other option would be to only use netlink for RSS against
> kernel which provides full information and use only ioctl against those
> which don't.
> 
> Michal

So, then, is there anything blocking this patch?