From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirs...@intel.com> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 11:22:22 -0700
> This series enables some ethtool and tc-flower filters to be offloaded > to igb-based network controllers. This is useful when the system > configuration wants to steer kinds of traffic to a specific hardware > queue for i210 devices only. > > The first two patch in the series are bug fixes. > > The basis of this series is to export the internal API used to > configure address filters, so they can be used by ethtool, and > extending the functionality so an source address can be handled. > > Then, we enable the tc-flower offloading implementation to re-use the > same infrastructure as ethtool, and storing them in the per-adapter > "nfc" (Network Filter Config?) list. But for consistency, for > destructive access they are separated, i.e. an filter added by > tc-flower can only be removed by tc-flower, but ethtool can read them > all. > > Only support for VLAN Prio, Source and Destination MAC Address, and > Ethertype is enabled for now. Pulled, thanks Jeff.
