netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC]: e1000: allow VLAN devices to use TSO and CSUM offload

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Date:	Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:11:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jesse.brandeburg@...el.com
Cc:	bhutchings@...arflare.com, kaber@...sh.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com, bruce.w.allan@...el.com,
	peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com, john.ronciak@...el.com,
	e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC]: e1000: allow VLAN devices to use TSO and CSUM
 offload

From: "Brandeburg, Jesse" <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:01:09 -0700

> David Miller wrote:
> >> vlan_features is a mask for features.  So long as all parts that do
> >> support TSO-IPv6 also support it for VLAN-tagged packets, it should
> >> be safe to set NETIF_F_TSO6 in vlan_features unconditionally.
> > 
> > Right, it's an additional mask which gets and'd with the normal
> > device feature bits.
> > 
> > Jesse, any objections, given that?
> 
> No, once that is explained I think it gets rid of any objections.  We
> are going to test the patch now, so would you mind if you waited to take
> it until jkirsher pushes it to you?

Sure, no problem.
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