If we use ethtool to set rss key, for example, we except 0x6d is K[0], and 0x5a is K[1]. But the ixgbe driver set the 0xda is K[0].
ethtool -X eth0 hkey 6d:5a:56:da:25:5b:0e:c2:41:67:25:3d :43:a3:8f:b0:d0:ca:2b:cb:ae:7b:30:b4:77:cb:2d:a3 :80:30:f2:0c:6a:42:b7:3b:be:ac:01:fa The key is the original Microsoft's key. 7.1.2.8.1 RSS Hash Function: (82599 datasheet) Given an array K with k bytes, our nomenclature assumes that the array is laid out as follows: K[0] K[1] K[2] ... K[k-1] K[0] is the left-most byte, and the MSB of K[0] is the left-most bit. K[k-1] is the right-most byte, and the LSB of K[k-1] is the right-most bit. 8.2.3.7.14 RSS Random Key Register: The K[0] is the 7:0 bit of RSSRK (RSS Random Key Register). Signed-off-by: Tonghao Zhang <xiangxia.m....@gmail.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 14 +++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c index 95aba97..0ca2e0e 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c @@ -3777,10 +3777,18 @@ u32 ixgbe_rss_indir_tbl_entries(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter) void ixgbe_store_key(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter) { struct ixgbe_hw *hw = &adapter->hw; - int i; + u8 *rss_key = (u8 *)adapter->rss_key; + u32 key, i; - for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) - IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_RSSRK(i), adapter->rss_key[i]); + /* Fill out hash function seeds */ + for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) { + key = rss_key[(i * 4)]; + key |= rss_key[(i * 4) + 1] << 8; + key |= rss_key[(i * 4) + 2] << 16; + key |= rss_key[(i * 4) + 3] << 24; + + IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_RSSRK(i), key); + } } /** -- 1.8.3.1