Thanks for the reply ! Is using the ethtool command to change RSS causes any connectivity loss ?
Tal. On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 3:23 PM, Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirs...@intel.com> wrote: > On Wed, 2015-03-25 at 14:08 +0200, Tal Abudi wrote: >> Hi >> Thanks the reply. >> >> My ethtool version doesn't support this feature (ethtool 6). This >> feature was introduced in ethtool 3.1 or 3.2 but it's fairly easy to >> backport and adjust the relevant code. >> But it looks like that the ixgbe 3.9.15 driver does not support this >> ioctl type (ETHTOOL_GCHANNELS and ETHTOOL_SCHANNELS) and this change >> is more complex. >> >> What do you think ? > > 3.9.15 is a three year old driver, it would be safer to just use our > out-of-tree driver (latest is 3.23.2.1) on e1000.sourceforge.net, since > we have a kcompat layer already setup to handle running the latest > driver on older kernels. > > If you are looking to backport features or functionality into a much > older driver, you would be getting yourself into a driver we could not > support AND your may not have the resources to validate all the possible > issues that may arise from backporting a subset of features or > functionality. > >> >> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 11:37 PM, Tantilov, Emil S >> <emil.s.tanti...@intel.com> wrote: >> > You can use ethtool -L option: >> > >> > ethtool -L ethX combined N >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Emil >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Tal Abudi [mailto:talab...@gmail.com] >> > Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 2:10 PM >> > To: e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> > Subject: [E1000-devel] Changing RSS on run time >> > >> > Hi >> > Is there a way to change the number of rx queues for ixgbe drivers >> > (3.9.15) without reloading the driver ? >> > I wish to avoid loss of connectivity for all driver interfaces. >> > >> > If there are no built-in options to do that, any ideas on how to write >> > it myself ? > -- Best regards, Tal Abudi ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BPM Camp - Free Virtual Workshop May 6th at 10am PDT/1PM EDT Develop your own process in accordance with the BPMN 2 standard Learn Process modeling best practices with Bonita BPM through live exercises http://www.bonitasoft.com/be-part-of-it/events/bpm-camp-virtual- event?utm_ source=Sourceforge_BPM_Camp_5_6_15&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=VA_SF _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.intel.com/community/wired
