Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759470AbXKLXlP (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:41:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758844AbXKLXkv (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:40:51 -0500 Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:57362 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758781AbXKLXkt (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:40:49 -0500 Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:40:46 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20071112.154046.117031917.davem@davemloft.net> To: w@1wt.eu Cc: cfriesen@nortel.com, kaber@trash.net, auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com, joonwpark81@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, djohnson+linux-kernel@sw.starentnetworks.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] [e1000 VLAN] Disable vlan hw accel when promiscuous mode From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20071112233257.GA15524@1wt.eu> References: <20071112231516.GA15227@1wt.eu> <20071112.151923.77768525.davem@davemloft.net> <20071112233257.GA15524@1wt.eu> X-Mailer: Mew version 5.2 on Emacs 22.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 602 Lines: 14 From: Willy Tarreau Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:32:57 +0100 > At least, being able to disable the feature at module load time > would be acceptable. Many people who often need to sniff on decent > machines would always keep it disabled. I'm willing to accept the feature, in whatever form, as long as the performance issue is dealt with properly. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/