[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next] igc: enable HW vlan tag insertion/stripping by default

[Lifshits, Vitaly]

On 3/13/2025 11:35 AM, Rui Salvaterra wrote:
> This is enabled by default in other Intel drivers I've checked (e1000, e1000e,
> iavf, igb and ice). Fixes an out-of-the-box performance issue when running
> OpenWrt on typical mini-PCs with igc-supported Ethernet controllers and 802.1Q
> VLAN configurations, as ethtool isn't part of the default packages and sane
> defaults are expected.
> 
> In my specific case, with an Intel N100-based machine with four I226-V Ethernet
> controllers, my upload performance increased from under 30 Mb/s to the expected
> ~1 Gb/s.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rui Salvaterra <rsalvaterra at gmail.com>
> ---
>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c | 3 +++
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
> index 84307bb7313e..1cb9ce8aa743 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
> @@ -7049,6 +7049,9 @@ static int igc_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
>   	netdev->xdp_features = NETDEV_XDP_ACT_BASIC | NETDEV_XDP_ACT_REDIRECT |
>   			       NETDEV_XDP_ACT_XSK_ZEROCOPY;
>   
> +	/* enable HW vlan tag insertion/stripping by default */
> +	netdev->features |= NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX | NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX;
> +
>   	/* MTU range: 68 - 9216 */
>   	netdev->min_mtu = ETH_MIN_MTU;
>   	netdev->max_mtu = MAX_STD_JUMBO_FRAME_SIZE;
> 

Reviewed-by: Vitaly Lifshits <vitaly.lifshits at intel.com>