Thread (57 messages) 57 messages, 12 authors, 2009-11-30

Re: ixgbe question

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2009-11-29 08:18:52

From: John Fastabend <redacted>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:14:12 +0000
Believe the below patch will break DCB and FCoE though, both features
have the potential to set real_num_tx_queues to greater then the
number of CPUs.  This could result in real_num_tx_queues >
num_tx_queues.

The current solution isn't that great though, maybe we should set to
the minimum of MAX_TX_QUEUES and num_possible_cpus() * 2 + 8.

That should cover the maximum possible queues for DCB, FCoE and their
combinations.

general multiq = num_possible_cpus()
DCB = 8 tx queue's
FCoE = 2*num_possible_cpus()
FCoE + DCB = 8 tx queues + num_possible_cpus
Eric, I'm tossing your patch because of this problem, just FYI.
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