Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v6 2/2] public/io/netif.h: document control ring and toeplitz hashing

2016-01-12 Thread Paul Durrant
> -Original Message- > From: Paul Durrant [mailto:paul.durr...@citrix.com] > Sent: 11 January 2016 16:05 > To: xen-de...@lists.xenproject.org > Cc: Paul Durrant; Ian Campbell; Ian Jackson; Jan Beulich; Keir (Xen.org); Tim > (Xen.org) > Subject: [PATCH v6 2/2] public/io/netif.h: document con

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v6 2/2] public/io/netif.h: document control ring and toeplitz hashing

2016-01-11 Thread Paul Durrant
This patch documents a new shared ring between frontend and backend that can be used to pass bulk out-of-band data, such as that required to implement toeplitz hashing in the backend such that it is configurable by the frontend (which is needed to support NDIS RSS for Windows guests). The patch th