RE: [PATCH] igb: add module param to set max-rss-queues.

2017-03-27 Thread David Laight
From: gree...@candelatech.com > Sent: 24 March 2017 20:59 > From: Ben Greear > > In systems where you may have a very large number of network > adapters, certain drivers may consume an unfair amount of > IRQ resources. So, allow a module param that will limit the > number of IRQs at driver load

Re: [PATCH] igb: add module param to set max-rss-queues.

2017-03-24 Thread Ben Greear
On 03/24/2017 04:14 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote: On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 14:20:56 -0700 Ben Greear wrote: On 03/24/2017 02:12 PM, David Miller wrote: From: gree...@candelatech.com Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 13:58:47 -0700 From: Ben Greear In systems where you may have a very large number of net

Re: [PATCH] igb: add module param to set max-rss-queues.

2017-03-24 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 14:20:56 -0700 Ben Greear wrote: > On 03/24/2017 02:12 PM, David Miller wrote: > > From: gree...@candelatech.com > > Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 13:58:47 -0700 > > > >> From: Ben Greear > >> > >> In systems where you may have a very large number of network > >> adapters, certain

Re: [PATCH] igb: add module param to set max-rss-queues.

2017-03-24 Thread David Miller
From: Ben Greear Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 14:20:56 -0700 > On 03/24/2017 02:12 PM, David Miller wrote: >> From: gree...@candelatech.com >> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 13:58:47 -0700 >> >>> From: Ben Greear >>> >>> In systems where you may have a very large number of network >>> adapters, certain driver

Re: [PATCH] igb: add module param to set max-rss-queues.

2017-03-24 Thread Ben Greear
On 03/24/2017 02:12 PM, David Miller wrote: From: gree...@candelatech.com Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 13:58:47 -0700 From: Ben Greear In systems where you may have a very large number of network adapters, certain drivers may consume an unfair amount of IRQ resources. So, allow a module param that

Re: [PATCH] igb: add module param to set max-rss-queues.

2017-03-24 Thread David Miller
From: gree...@candelatech.com Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 13:58:47 -0700 > From: Ben Greear > > In systems where you may have a very large number of network > adapters, certain drivers may consume an unfair amount of > IRQ resources. So, allow a module param that will limit the > number of IRQs at d

[PATCH] igb: add module param to set max-rss-queues.

2017-03-24 Thread greearb
From: Ben Greear In systems where you may have a very large number of network adapters, certain drivers may consume an unfair amount of IRQ resources. So, allow a module param that will limit the number of IRQs at driver load time. This way, other drivers (40G Ethernet, for instance), which pro