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

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Date:	Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:35:50 +0200
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	"Brandeburg, Jesse" <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
CC:	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	"Allan, Bruce W" <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>,
	"Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P" <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>,
	"Ronciak, John" <john.ronciak@...el.com>,
	e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC]: e1000: allow VLAN devices to use TSO and CSUM offload

Brandeburg, Jesse wrote:
>> These parts should all work (at least as advertised in the software
>> reference manual available at
>>
> http://superb-east.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/e1000/OpenSDM_8254x-37
> .pdf)
>> with the exception of 82544 GC/EI
>>
>> So as it stands your patch will not work on some hardware.  Also,
>> would we need to hook the ethtool methods such that if a user
>> disables TSO it will disable vlan_features(TSO) as well?  
> 
> Oh, and the 82542 and 82543 based parts don't do this either, they
> aren't covered by the manual above.

Thanks for the pointer (and for pushing the patch already).
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