Re: [PATCH v3 4/5] net: hpe: Add GXP UMAC Driver

[Hawkins, Nick]

> > I have been trying to figure out how exactly I can translate the current code
> > over to using the page pool api over the past week. It seems like it is quiet
> > a complex change. As the driver seems to be keeping up with our
> > performance requirements would it be acceptable to mark this as a


> Its not just performance. Using well debugged and shared core code
> means less bugs in your driver. It makes maintenance simpler since
> there are more people who understand the page pool code than what you
> have in your driver and it makes your driver more like other drivers.


> So overall you will end up with a better quality driver by adapting
> the page pool code.

Greetings Andrew,

In that case I will continue to attempt to try and adopt the page pool
API. In all the examples with page pool HW rings it appears they are
using alloc_etherdev_mqs. Are there any HW requirements to use this
library? If there are none what is the typical number for rx and tx
queues?

Thank you for the assistance,

-Nick Hawkins