On Mon, 1 Jun 2009, vikram wrote: > I found this peculiar thing regarding the hashing in RSS. According to the > hashing algorithm, for a particular source and destination ip address and > port numbers, the packets should be always hashed to the same queue since > the hashing algorithm uses only a fixed secret key in addition to the source > and dest ip and port numbers for hashing. But what happens is, when i reboot > the machine, the queue assignment changes. Just wanted to know whether the > hashing takes anything in consideration in addition to the above mentioned > parameters?
If the driver you're using has a get_random_bytes feeding the secret key (as some of our older drivers did) then you'll see the "random" queue selection after each reboot. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel
