netdev - Re: [patch net-next-2.6 v2] net: vlan: make non-hw-accel rx path similar to hw-accel

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Date:	Sat, 21 May 2011 18:43:28 +0800
From:	Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	shemminger@...ux-foundation.org, kaber@...sh.net, fubar@...ibm.com,
	eric.dumazet@...il.com, nicolas.2p.debian@...il.com,
	andy@...yhouse.net, jesse@...ira.com, ebiederm@...ssion.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next-2.6 v2] net: vlan: make non-hw-accel rx path
 similar to hw-accel

On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> I do not see a reason why to not emulate that. To make paths as much
> similar as they can be, that is the point of this patch.
>
> I think it would be better to fix an issue you are pointing at
> rather that revert this.
>

In my opinion, the hardware accelerated VLAN RX is just a special case
of the non hardware accelerated VLAN RX with header reordering. For
promiscuous NICs and bridges, hw-accel-vlan-rx is just disabled.

I have tried to fix all the issues, but failed in a clean way. Please try.

Thanks.

-- 
Regards,
Changli Gao(xiaosuo@...il.com)
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