linux-kernel - Re: Dropping NETIF_F_SG since no checksum feature.

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Message-Id: <20061010.204528.90823856.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:45:28 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	rdreier@...co.com
Cc:	mst@...lanox.co.il, shemminger@...l.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	openib-general@...nib.org, rolandd@...co.com
Subject: Re: Dropping NETIF_F_SG since no checksum feature.

From: Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:42:20 -0700

> On the other hand I'm not sure how useful such a netdevice would be --
> will non-sendfile() paths generate big packets even if the MTU is 64KB?

non-sendfile() paths will generate big packets just fine, as long
as the application is providing that much data.
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