On 11/7/25 1:41 AM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:

On Fri, 31 Oct 2025 22:21:00 +0100 Daniel Borkmann wrote:

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+static void netkit_get_channels(struct net_device *dev,
+				struct ethtool_channels *channels)
+{
+	channels->max_rx = dev->num_rx_queues;
+	channels->max_tx = dev->num_tx_queues;
+	channels->max_other = 0;
+	channels->max_combined = 1;
+	channels->rx_count = dev->real_num_rx_queues;
+	channels->tx_count = dev->real_num_tx_queues;
+	channels->other_count = 0;
+	channels->combined_count = 0;
  }

Why do we need to implement get_channels?

Thanks for the feedback. I think this one was useful imho since it allowed
for introspection via ethtool on netkit side e.g. the max_rx vs rx_count.