tree 2534589c00cbf695e6c2906f5c228a0006174904
parent 375c568844e49d292885c7485d4a255f71680e56
author Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com> 1265860985 -0800
committer David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 1265860985 -0800

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>