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From: "Yuval Mintz" <yuvalmin@broadcom.com>
To: "Ben Hutchings" <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Cc: "Greg Rose" <gregory.v.rose@intel.com>,
	"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: New commands to configure IOV features
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:21:55 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FE9A963.7020602@broadcom.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120507081634.000003f8.gregory.v.rose@intel.com>

On 05/07/2012 06:16 PM, Greg Rose wrote:

> On Mon, 7 May 2012 14:17:54 +0300
> Yuval Mintz <yuvalmin@broadcom.com> wrote:
> 
>> I've tried to figure out if there was a standard interface
>> (ethtool/iproute) through which a user could configure the number
>> of vfs in his system.
>>
>> I've seen the RFC suggested in
>> http://markmail.org/thread/qblfcv7zbxsxp7q6, and
>> http://markmail.org/thread/fw54dcppmxuxoe6n, but failed to see any
>> later references to it (commits or further discussion on this topic).
>>
>> How exactly are things standing with these RFCs? Were they abandoned?
> 
> The only way to configure the number of VFs continues to be through the
> max_vfs module parameter.  I've got a patch to do it through ethtool
> sitting on the back burner but due to other requirements of my day job
> I've not been able to work on it since last fall.
> 
> - Greg


Hi Ben,

If I want to pick the RFCs and add support for configuring the number of
VFs - do you think ethtool's the right place for such added support?

I'm asking since as far as I can see, ethtool (today) doesn't contain any
features related to virtual functions.

Thanks,
Yuval

  reply	other threads:[~2012-06-26 12:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-07 11:17 New commands to configure IOV features Yuval Mintz
2012-05-07 15:16 ` Greg Rose
2012-06-26 12:21   ` Yuval Mintz [this message]
2012-06-26 16:13     ` Alexander Duyck
2012-06-26 17:19     ` Greg Rose
2012-07-01 11:09       ` Yuval Mintz
2012-07-09 18:39       ` Ben Hutchings
2012-07-09 21:13         ` Chris Friesen
2012-07-16  9:19           ` Yuval Mintz
2012-07-17 19:29             ` Don Dutile
2012-07-17 21:08               ` Chris Friesen
2012-07-17 21:11                 ` David Miller
2012-07-20 15:27                   ` Chris Friesen
2012-07-20 15:56                     ` Don Dutile
2012-07-20 17:42                       ` Ben Hutchings
2012-07-20 19:29                         ` Chris Friesen
2012-07-20 20:01                           ` Ben Hutchings
2012-07-20 20:15                             ` Don Dutile
2012-07-20 23:42                             ` Chris Friesen
2012-07-21  0:52                               ` Rose, Gregory V
2012-07-23 14:03                               ` Don Dutile
2012-07-23 15:09                                 ` Chris Friesen
2012-07-23 17:06                                   ` Rose, Gregory V
2012-07-23 18:36                                   ` Stephen Hemminger
2012-07-23 18:40                                     ` Rose, Gregory V
2012-09-19 11:07                                       ` Yuval Mintz
2012-09-19 15:53                                         ` Greg Rose
2012-09-19 19:44                                           ` Ben Hutchings
2012-09-19 22:17                                             ` Yinghai Lu
2012-09-19 22:46                                               ` Ben Hutchings
2012-09-20  0:19                                                 ` Yinghai Lu
2012-09-20  1:23                                                   ` Ben Hutchings
2012-09-20  2:27                                                     ` Yinghai Lu
2012-09-20  3:08                                                       ` Subhendu Ghosh
2012-09-20 15:39                                                     ` Rose, Gregory V
2012-09-20 15:39                                                       ` Rose, Gregory V
2012-09-21  5:50                                                       ` Yinghai Lu
2012-09-21 17:35                                                         ` Ben Hutchings
2012-09-21 19:23                                                           ` Yinghai Lu
2012-09-21 18:06                                                         ` Don Dutile
2012-09-21 18:06                                                           ` Don Dutile
2012-09-21 19:49                                                           ` Yinghai Lu
2012-09-21 20:08                                                             ` Don Dutile
2012-09-21 20:08                                                               ` Don Dutile
2012-09-23 15:49                                                               ` Yuval Mintz
2012-09-24 17:37                                                                 ` Don Dutile
2012-09-24 17:37                                                                   ` Don Dutile
2012-09-30  6:39                                                               ` Yuval Mintz
2012-10-01 14:12                                                                 ` Don Dutile
2012-10-01 14:12                                                                   ` Don Dutile
2012-09-19 17:49                                         ` David Miller
2012-07-23 16:37                                 ` Rose, Gregory V

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