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)
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>

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