On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 02:44:21PM +0200, Alvaro Karsz wrote: > > Why do we bother? Resending needs more code and helps > > reliability ... > > It just seems unnecessary. > If a user changes just one parameter: > $ ethtool -C <iface> tx-usecs 30 > It will trigger 2 commands, including > VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL_RX_SET, even though no rx parameter changed. > > If we'll add more ethtool coalescing parameters, changing one of the > new parameter will trigger meaningless > VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL_RX_SET and VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_NOTF_COAL_TX_SET > commands. > > Alvaro
We'll always just do 2 commands, right? I don't think we should bother at this point. It might not be completely redundant. E.g. if a card lost the config resending it might help fix things. -- MST _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
