netdev - Re: [ethtool] ethtool: Remove UDP Fragmentation Offload use from ethtool

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Date:   Mon, 28 Aug 2017 09:38:15 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:     tariqt@...lanox.com, linville@...driver.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, eranbe@...lanox.com, shakerd@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [ethtool] ethtool: Remove UDP Fragmentation Offload use from
 ethtool

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 08:00:11 -0700

> On Mon, 2017-08-28 at 15:38 +0300, Tariq Toukan wrote:
>> From: Shaker Daibes <shakerd@...lanox.com>
>> 
>> UFO was removed in kernel, here we remove it in ethtool app.
>> 
>> Fixes the following issue:
>> Features for ens8:
>> Cannot get device udp-fragmentation-offload settings: Operation not supported
>> 
>> Tested with "make check"
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Shaker Daibes <shakerd@...lanox.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>
>> ---
> 
> 
> Hi guys
> 
> I would rather remove the warning, but leave the ability to switch UFO
> on machines running old kernel but a recent ethtool.
> 
> ethtool does not need to be downgraded every time we boot an old
> kernel ;)

Agreed, we shouldn't be completely removing support for UFO from
ethtool.