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Subject: Re: [RFC] Removal of M_FLOWID flag from m_flags [WAS: Add support for
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The RSS hash is also used for:

* TCP timers,
* UDP transmit, and
* the transmit path in RSS aware drivers (igb / ixgbe)


-adrian


On 19 November 2014 11:25, Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org> wrote:
> On 11/19/14 20:23, Adrian Chadd wrote:
>>
>> Hm, how are we going to have the RSS stuff work at the same time as
>> the hardware flow steering stuff you're prototyping?
>>
>
> Hi Adrain,
>
> RSS is only the receive side and its functionality is not touched. I'm just
> re-using the RSS fields for the transmit side, where the "rsstype" is
> currently not used.
>
> Do you see anything broken in my patch?
>
> --HPS
>