> On Mon, Jul 20, 2026 at 09:43:15AM +0800, [email protected] wrote:
> > From: Wei Fang <[email protected]>
> >
> > The VF driver uses alloc_etherdev_mq() with ENETC_MAX_NUM_TXQS as the
> > queue count, which forces the TX and RX queue counts to be equal and
> > uses a compile-time constant rather than the actual hardware capability.
> >
> > After enetc_get_si_caps() is called, si->num_tx_rings and
> > si->num_rx_rings reflect the actual number of rings assigned to the VF
> > by the PF. For the ENETC VF on LS1028A and the upcoming i.MX95/94, their
> > SoCs have no more than 6 CPUs, and the number of TX/RX rings allocated
> > to the VF is less than 8.
> >
> > Therefore, switch to alloc_etherdev_mqs() so that the TX and RX queue
> > counts are set independently, each capped at ENETC_MAX_NUM_TXQS, based
> > on the actual number of rings assigned to the VF by the PF.
> >
> > Note that if future SoCs have more than 6 CPUs and more than 6 RX rings
> > allocated to VFs, the size of the int_vector array in struct
> > enetc_ndev_priv will need to be modified. Similarly, if more than 8 TX
> > rings are allocated to each int_vector, ENETC_MAX_NUM_TXQS will also
> > need to be modified.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Wei Fang <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_vf.c | 9 ++++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_vf.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_vf.c
> > index 9cdb0a4d6baf..7dcb4a0246f5 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_vf.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_vf.c
> > @@ -317,7 +317,14 @@ static int enetc_vf_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
> >
> >       enetc_get_si_caps(si);
> >
> > -     ndev = alloc_etherdev_mq(sizeof(*priv), ENETC_MAX_NUM_TXQS);
> > +     /* Currently, the supported SoCs have a max of 6 CPUs and the VFs
> > +      * have less than 6 RX/TX rings. So no issues for these supported
> > +      * SoCs, but for future SoCs which have more CPUs or more TX/RX
> > +      * rings, all the related logic needs to be improved.
> > +      */
> > +     ndev = alloc_etherdev_mqs(sizeof(*priv),
> > +                               min(si->num_tx_rings,
> ENETC_MAX_NUM_TXQS),
> > +                               min(si->num_rx_rings,
> ENETC_MAX_NUM_TXQS));
> 
> Code looks right, but looks almost like a typo. I guess it would read nicer if
> ENETC_MAX_NUM_RXQS existed?

Yes, ENETC_MAX_NUM_RXQS is clearer. However, ENETC_MAX_NUM_RXQS
does not exist; in fact, their values ​​are equal, and we plan to remove
ENETC_MAX_NUM_TXQS later, so a new macro ENETC_MAX_NUM_RXQS
was not added in this patch.

> 
> That said:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Joe Damato <[email protected]>

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