Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] ip link set vf: Added "query_rss" command

From: Vlad Zolotarov <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 14:04:01 +0300

On 03/25/15 00:47, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Mar 2015 20:52:58 +0200
> Vlad Zolotarov <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
>> Add a new option to toggle the ability of querying the RSS configuration of a specific VF.
>>
>> VF RSS information like RSS hash key may be considered sensitive on some devices where
>> this information is shared between VF and PF and thus its querying may be prohibited by default.
>>
>> This new option allows a system administrator with privileges to modify a PF state
>> to control if the above VF querying is allowed or not.
>>
>> For example:
>>   To enable RSS querying of VF[0] of ethX:
>>   >> ip link set dev ethX vf 0 query_rss on
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Vlad Zolotarov <[email-masked]>
> Holding off on this going into iproute until kernel component goes
> into net-next

Hi. The kernel patches have been pulled by Dave. Could u, pls., proceed 
with this one?

thanks,
vlad