netdev - Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] macvtap: simplify usage of tap

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Date:	Tue, 20 Aug 2013 13:09:36 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	vyasevic@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, mst@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] macvtap: simplify usage of tap_features

From: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 15:25:00 -0400

> In macvtap, tap_features specific the features of that the user
> has specified via ioctl().  If we treat macvtap as a macvlan+tap
> then we could all the tap a pseudo-device and give it other features
> like SG and GSO.  Then we can stop using the features of lower
> device (macvlan) when forwarding the traffic the tap.
> 
> This solves the issue of possible checksum offload mismatch between
> tap feature and macvlan features.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com>

Applied.
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