On 9/23/07, Kip Macy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/23/07, Darren Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Kip Macy wrote: > > > My ethng branch supports multiple rx and tx queues. > > > > > > -Kip > > > > > > > What are your plans for how we use/manage/interact with the mutiple > > rx/tx queues? > > The rx hardware queue is determined by the hardware. Different > hardware allows for different policies. I just use the stock rss_hash > of a crc32 of the 4-tuple in cxgb. I've added a field to the pkthdr > which cxgb uses the least significant bits of to determine which > outbound queue to use. Its up to the upper layers to determine how to > set those bits. One of the changes that is required to take advantaged > of this is moving the queues into the driver. I've added a new > if_start function to ifnet to take advantage of this. I also have a > normal if_start function for backward compatibility.
Yes, the queues in Oplin and Zoar are also a hardware feature, not just some software infrastructure. There are a number of different ways that it can be configured. I did not have some settled notion of how things should be managed but I would rather not have it be something done under the covers in the driver, a configurable stack option seems better to me. This needs to be done right or it will just be a hack, I don't know who the right parties are, it should not be just a one-person decision, those with a stake in this sort of thing should all be involved. Cheers, Jack _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
