[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 51/53] net/sfc/base: expand on comment on number of queues field

[Andrew Rybchenko]

From: Mark Spender <mspender at solarflare.com>

Expand on comment on RSS_CONTEXT_ALLOC_IN_NUM_QUEUES field.

Signed-off-by: Mark Spender <mspender at solarflare.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko at solarflare.com>
---
 drivers/net/sfc/base/ef10_rx.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/base/ef10_rx.c b/drivers/net/sfc/base/ef10_rx.c
index 5cf5910..9b0e1ee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/base/ef10_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/base/ef10_rx.c
@@ -217,7 +217,13 @@ efx_mcdi_rss_context_alloc(
 	MCDI_IN_SET_DWORD(req, RSS_CONTEXT_ALLOC_IN_UPSTREAM_PORT_ID,
 	    EVB_PORT_ID_ASSIGNED);
 	MCDI_IN_SET_DWORD(req, RSS_CONTEXT_ALLOC_IN_TYPE, context_type);
-	/* NUM_QUEUES is only used to validate indirection table offsets */
+
+	/*
+	 * For exclusive contexts, NUM_QUEUES is only used to validate
+	 * indirection table offsets.
+	 * For shared contexts, the provided context will spread traffic over
+	 * NUM_QUEUES many queues.
+	 */
 	MCDI_IN_SET_DWORD(req, RSS_CONTEXT_ALLOC_IN_NUM_QUEUES, num_queues);
 
 	efx_mcdi_execute(enp, &req);
-- 
2.7.4