Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] sfc: Support setting rss_cpus to 'cores', 'packages' or 'hyperthreads'

From: Edward Cree <redacted>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 18:01:52 +0100

These settings autoconfigure the number of RSS channels to match the number of
CPUs present.

Signed-off-by: Edward Cree <redacted>

I can't believe I allowed this 'rss_cpus' thing into the tree to begin with.

It's completely wrong and is exactly the kind of thing we are trying
to actively avoid in network drivers.

If another network driver wants to provide the same facility they will
add a module parameter with a slightly different name, a different
set of valid choices, and different semantics.

Define a proper global, stable, tree-wide mechanism to configure these
kinds of things and use that instead.

Thanks.