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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] net: provides dim profile fine-tuning channels
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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From: Heng Qi <hengqi@linux.alibaba.com>
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在 2024/3/15 上午2:49, Jakub Kicinski 写道:
> On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 21:09:31 +0800 Heng Qi wrote:
>> The NetDIM library provides excellent acceleration for many modern
>> network cards. However, the default profiles of DIM limits its maximum
>> capabilities for different NICs, so providing a channel through which
>> the NIC can be custom configured is necessary.
> Given that DIM is currently enabled and disable via ethtool
> why are you putting the API is sysfs and ops in ndo?

Hi Jakub,

Thank you for reaching out. We're flexible regarding configuration 
methods and are
open to using either sysfs or ethtool, depending on what's most 
appropriate for the task at hand.

If the ethtool is favored, I am happy to proceed with it!

Best regards,
Heng