[PATCH net-next] ibmvnic: Enable use of multiple tx/rx scrqs

David Miller davem at davemloft.net
Sat Apr 9 14:24:14 AEST 2016


From: John Allen <jallen at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2016 11:49:55 -0500

> Enables the use of multiple transmit and receive scrqs allowing the ibmvnic
> driver to take advantage of multiqueue functionality. To achieve this, the
> driver must implement the process of negotiating the maximum number of
> queues allowed by the server. Initially, the driver will attempt to login
> with the maximum number of tx and rx queues supported by the server. If
> the server fails to allocate the requested number of scrqs, it will return
> partial success in the login response. In this case, we must reinitiate
> the login process from the request capabilities stage and attempt to login
> requesting fewer scrqs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Allen <jallen at linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Applied, thanks.


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