ethtool: Introduce n-tuple filter programming support
authorPeter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com>
Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:03:05 +0000 (20:03 -0800)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:03:05 +0000 (20:03 -0800)
commit15682bc488d4af8c9bb998844a94281025e0a333
tree2534589c00cbf695e6c2906f5c228a0006174904
parent375c568844e49d292885c7485d4a255f71680e56
ethtool: Introduce n-tuple filter programming support

This patchset enables the ethtool layer to program n-tuple
filters to an underlying device.  The idea is to allow capable
hardware to have static rules applied that can assist steering
flows into appropriate queues.

Hardware that is known to support these types of filters today
are ixgbe and niu.

Signed-off-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
include/linux/ethtool.h
include/linux/netdevice.h
net/core/dev.c
net/core/ethtool.c