netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH 04/12] net: introduce NETIF_F

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Date:	Sun, 19 Dec 2010 01:57:15 +0100
From:	Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>
To:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 04/12] net: introduce NETIF_F_RXCSUM

On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 11:27:29PM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-12-15 at 23:24 +0100, Michał Mirosław wrote:
> > Introduce NETIF_F_RXCSUM to replace device-private flags for RX checksum
> > offload. Integrate it with ndo_fix_features.
> > 
> > ethtool_op_get_rx_csum() is removed altogether as nothing in-tree uses it.
> Not explicitly, but what about drivers that turn TX and RX checksumming
> on and off together?  They are implicitly covered by the case which
> you're removing:
> [...]
> > -	case ETHTOOL_GRXCSUM:
> > -		rc = ethtool_get_value(dev, useraddr, ethcmd,
> > -				       (dev->ethtool_ops->get_rx_csum ?
> > -					dev->ethtool_ops->get_rx_csum :
> > -					ethtool_op_get_rx_csum));
> [...]

I had an impression that drivers not defining get_rx_csum() had no
RX checksumming or didn't allow it to be toggled. I'll have a closer look
on this.

Best Regards,
Michał Mirosław
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