Bug 673532 - sfc: the rss_cpus module parameter is ignored
Summary: sfc: the rss_cpus module parameter is ignored
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 6.1
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Michal Schmidt
QA Contact: Dayong Tian
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Reported: 2011-01-28 15:45 UTC by Michal Schmidt
Modified: 2011-05-23 20:39 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: kernel-2.6.32-112.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2011-05-23 20:39:05 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2011:0542 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 kernel security, bug fix and enhancement update 2011-05-19 11:58:07 UTC

Description Michal Schmidt 2011-01-28 15:45:45 UTC 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=556563 updated the sfc driver. It caused a regression: The "rss_cpus" module parameter has no effect anymore.

Upstream fix:
sfc: Restore the effect of the rss_cpus module parameter
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/bwh/sfc-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5b874e25c5c84bc45fc205407286fbe4744f4776
Comment 1 RHEL Program Management 2011-01-28 15:50:37 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion
in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release. Product Management has 
requested further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed 
products. This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update release.
Comment 3 Michal Schmidt 2011-02-01 15:04:32 UTC 
note for QA: "cat /proc/interrupts" to see that the parameter influences the number of queues used by the NIC.
Comment 4 Aristeu Rozanski 2011-02-03 19:06:46 UTC 
Patch(es) available on kernel-2.6.32-112.el6
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-23 20:39:05 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0542.html
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