netdev - Re: [PATCH] skge: convert to hw

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Date:	Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:56:51 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] skge: convert to hw_features

On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:48:03 +0200
Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 08:41:02AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:01:35 +0200 (CEST)
> > Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl> wrote:
> > > >From the code it looks like the hardware might support full HW_CSUM not
> > > just IP_CSUM.  This needs testing and so is not changed here.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>
> > I don't think this will work right. The old code did not allow setting
> > tx/rx csum on the older GENESIS chip, 
> 
> If you look at the changes near the end of patche, the hw_features are set
> (and so features are made changeable) only when hw->chip_id != CHIP_ID_GENESIS.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Michał Mirosław

I actually have one of those old boards, let me test it.
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