Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Dropping NETIF_F_SG since no checksum feature. | From | Roland Dreier <> | Date | Tue, 10 Oct 2006 17:15:26 -0700 |
| |
Michael> Maybe I can patch linux to allow SG without checksum? Michael> Dave, maybe you could drop a hint or two on whether this Michael> is worthwhile and what are the issues that need Michael> addressing to make this work?
What do you really gain by allowing SG without checksum? Someone has to do the checksum anyway, so I don't see that much difference between doing it in the networking core before passing the data to/from the driver, or down in the driver itself.
- R. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |