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Re: [PATCH net-next v3 6/7] vmxnet3: introduce command to register memory region

From Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@gmail.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH net-next v3 6/7] vmxnet3: introduce command to register memory region
Date 2016-06-14 08:00 +0200
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On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 4:50 AM, Shrikrishna Khare <skhare@vmware.com> wrote:

> +++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_defs.h
> @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ enum {
>         VMXNET3_CMD_RESERVED2,
>         VMXNET3_CMD_RESERVED3,
>         VMXNET3_CMD_SET_COALESCE,
> +       VMXNET3_CMD_REGISTER_MEMREGS,
>
>         VMXNET3_CMD_FIRST_GET = 0xF00D0000,
>         VMXNET3_CMD_GET_QUEUE_STATUS = VMXNET3_CMD_FIRST_GET,
> @@ -668,6 +669,22 @@ struct Vmxnet3_CoalesceScheme {
>         } coalPara;
>  };
>
> +struct Vmxnet3_MemoryRegion {
> +       __le64                                  startPA;
> +       __le32                                  length;
> +       __le16                                  txQueueBits;
> +       __le16                                  rxQueueBits;
> +};


What is the use case for this command?

What's the role of the tx/rx queue bits fields?

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[PATCH net-next v3 0/7] vmxnet3: upgrade to version 3 Shrikrishna Khare <skhare@vmware.com> - 2016-06-14 04:00 +0200
  [PATCH net-next v3 3/7] vmxnet3: allow variable length transmit data ring buffer Shrikrishna Khare <skhare@vmware.com> - 2016-06-14 04:00 +0200
  [PATCH net-next v3 5/7] vmxnet3: add support for get_coalesce, set_coalesce ethtool operations Shrikrishna Khare <skhare@vmware.com> - 2016-06-14 04:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH net-next v3 5/7] vmxnet3: add support for get_coalesce,  set_coalesce ethtool operations Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2016-06-14 17:10 +0200
  [PATCH net-next v3 4/7] vmxnet3: add receive data ring support Shrikrishna Khare <skhare@vmware.com> - 2016-06-14 04:10 +0200
  [PATCH net-next v3 7/7] vmxnet3: update to version 3 Shrikrishna Khare <skhare@vmware.com> - 2016-06-14 04:10 +0200
  [PATCH net-next v3 1/7] vmxnet3: prepare for version 3 changes Shrikrishna Khare <skhare@vmware.com> - 2016-06-14 04:10 +0200
  [PATCH net-next v3 6/7] vmxnet3: introduce command to register memory region Shrikrishna Khare <skhare@vmware.com> - 2016-06-14 04:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH net-next v3 6/7] vmxnet3: introduce command to register  memory region Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@gmail.com> - 2016-06-14 08:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/7] vmxnet3: upgrade to version 3 Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@gmail.com> - 2016-06-14 08:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/7] vmxnet3: upgrade to version 3 David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-06-15 09:30 +0200

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