Re: [net-next 09/15] i40e: use priv flags to control packet split

2015-12-08 Thread Or Gerlitz
On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 1:24 AM, Jesse Brandeburg wrote: > On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 1:25 PM, Or Gerlitz wrote: >> HDS is a generic feature,and even if you think only Intel hardware is >> the only hardware that supports that, you have multiple drivers.. >> right? why not go the right way of adding ne

Re: [net-next 09/15] i40e: use priv flags to control packet split

2015-12-08 Thread Jesse Brandeburg
On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 1:25 PM, Or Gerlitz wrote: > HDS is a generic feature,and even if you think only Intel hardware is > the only hardware that supports that, you have multiple drivers.. > right? why not go the right way of adding new netdev feature and > enable/disable it through the conventio

Re: [net-next 09/15] i40e: use priv flags to control packet split

2015-12-05 Thread Or Gerlitz
On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Jeff Kirsher wrote: > From: Jesse Brandeburg > > Ethtool priv flags implementation to enable or disable packet split, which > is a hardware feature that inspects headers and will put headers in a > separate DMA buffer from the payload data. The driver was automati

[net-next 09/15] i40e: use priv flags to control packet split

2015-12-03 Thread Jeff Kirsher
From: Jesse Brandeburg Ethtool priv flags implementation to enable or disable packet split, which is a hardware feature that inspects headers and will put headers in a separate DMA buffer from the payload data. The driver was automatically choosing to enable packet split in some cases and this g