Messages in this thread | | | From | hayeswang <> | Subject | RE: [PATCH net-next 5/5] r8169: support RTL8411 | Date | Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:52:24 +0800 |
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Francois Romieu [mailto:romieu@fr.zoreil.com] [...] > > @@ -250,6 +252,9 @@ static const struct { > > > JUMBO_9K, false), > > [RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_37] = > > _R("RTL8402", RTL_TD_1, FIRMWARE_8402_1, > > + JUMBO_1K, true), > > + [RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_38] = > > + _R("RTL8411", RTL_TD_1, FIRMWARE_8411_1, > > JUMBO_1K, true) > > Realtek's product page documents this chipset as a gigabit > one. It seems > strange to configure it as a jumbo packet unable one. >
It is my mistake. I would fix it.
[...] > "The RTL8411 supports Receive Side Scaling (RSS) to hash incoming TCP > connections and load-balance received data processing across > multiple CPUs. > RSS improves the number of transactions per second and number > of connections > per second, for increased network throughput. Header Data > Split (HDS) support > enables faster processing of TCP/IP networking protocols for > improved network > performance. > > Virtual Machine Queue (VMQ) is a hardware virtualization > technology for the > efficient transfer of network traffic to a virtualized host > OS. VMQ uses > hardware packets filtering to deliver packet data from an > external virtual > machine network directly to virtual machines, which reduces > the overhead of > routing packets and copying them from the management > operating system to the > virtual machine. > > Note: RTL8411 Virtual Machine Queue (VMQ) is only functional > in computers > running Windows Server 2008 R2 with the Hyper-V server role > installed." > > Will Realtek consider helping make those being available on Linux ? >
I don't have the documents about these. I need more information from the other engineers, and I have to discuss with my leader. Maybe I could research the possibility when I have more time.
Best Regards, Hayes
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