David Miller wrote:

From: Jeff Garzik <redacted>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:46:20 -0400

quoted

Not quite...  You'll have to deal with multiple Rx filters, not just the 
current one-filter-for-all model present in today's NICs.  Pools of 
queues will have separate configured characteristics.  The "steer" 
portion you mention is a bottleneck that wants to be eliminated.

It runs in hardware at wire speed, what's the issue? :-)

Configuration is the issue.

Where shall we put the configuration machinery, to support sub-queues?
Shall we duplicate the existing configuration code for sub-queues?
What will ifconfig/ip usage look like?
How will it differ from configuring full net_devices, if you are 
assigning the same types of parameters?  Why?

	Jeff