[PATCH] NET: Multiqueue network device support, replayed.

[PATCH] NET: Multiqueue network device support, replayed.

[Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P]

David,
	Please consider pulling from my git tree:

	git-pull git://lost.foo-projects.org/~ppwaskie/git/net-2.6.22
multiqueue

This is a branch named 'multiqueue' of a recent pull from your tree with
an updated implementation of the multiqueue implementation we've been
working on.  Included in this is:

1) A simplified API where all drivers will allocate a queue struct for
each queue on the NIC.
2) A transparent stack change for both non-mq and mq devices to use the
same codepath.
3) Remove the per-queue locking model, and just use the per-queue
netif_{start|stop|wake}_subqueue() functions for multiqueue management.
4) Updated multiqueue documentation in Documentation/networking
describing the implementation and base driver requirements to implement
multiqueue support.

Cheers,

PJ Waskiewicz
Intel Corp.
peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com

Re: [PATCH] NET: Multiqueue network device support, replayed.

[David Miller]

From: "Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P" <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 14:33:19 -0700

> David,
> 	Please consider pulling from my git tree:
> 
> 	git-pull git://lost.foo-projects.org/~ppwaskie/git/net-2.6.22
> multiqueue
> 
> This is a branch named 'multiqueue' of a recent pull from your tree with
> an updated implementation of the multiqueue implementation we've been
> working on.  Included in this is:
> 
> 1) A simplified API where all drivers will allocate a queue struct for
> each queue on the NIC.
> 2) A transparent stack change for both non-mq and mq devices to use the
> same codepath.
> 3) Remove the per-queue locking model, and just use the per-queue
> netif_{start|stop|wake}_subqueue() functions for multiqueue management.
> 4) Updated multiqueue documentation in Documentation/networking
> describing the implementation and base driver requirements to implement
> multiqueue support.

Thanks for following up on this work, but it really needs to be
reviewed here on netdev, I really can't just pull this into my
tree until it is reviewed properly here.

So, please post the new feature as a set of patches.

Thanks a lot.