netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2] ip: report IFLA_GSO_MAX_SIZE and IFLA_GSO_MAX

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Date:   Mon, 22 Aug 2016 10:04:39 -0700
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] ip: report IFLA_GSO_MAX_SIZE and
 IFLA_GSO_MAX_SEGS

On Thu, 18 Aug 2016 15:14:38 -0700
Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 2016-08-18 at 14:52 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 14:39:21 -0700
> > Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
> >   
> > > From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> > > 
> > > kernel support for these attributes was added in linux-4.6
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>  
> > 
> > 
> > What about setting them?  
> 
> This is not something the kernel does at this moment.
> 
> Drivers usually set a value, depending on hardware or software
> constraints.
> 
> 
> 

Ok, applied.