netdev - [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: NETIF_F_HW_CSUM does not imply FCoE CRC offload

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Date:	Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:38:26 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Yi Zou <yi.zou@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: NETIF_F_HW_CSUM does not imply FCoE CRC
 offload

NETIF_F_HW_CSUM indicates the ability to update an TCP/IP-style 16-bit
checksum with the checksum of an arbitrary part of the packet data,
whereas the FCoE CRC is something entirely different.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Cc: stable@...nel.org [2.6.32+]
---
 net/core/dev.c |    6 +++---
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index a698252..8ab61de 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1683,10 +1683,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_device_attach);
 
 static bool can_checksum_protocol(unsigned long features, __be16 protocol)
 {
-	return ((features & NETIF_F_GEN_CSUM) ||
-		((features & NETIF_F_IP_CSUM) &&
+	return ((features & NETIF_F_NO_CSUM) ||
+		((features & NETIF_F_V4_CSUM) &&
 		 protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP)) ||
-		((features & NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM) &&
+		((features & NETIF_F_V6_CSUM) &&
 		 protocol == htons(ETH_P_IPV6)) ||
 		((features & NETIF_F_FCOE_CRC) &&
 		 protocol == htons(ETH_P_FCOE)));
-- 
1.7.2.1


-- 
Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Communications
Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job.
They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked.

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