linux-kernel - Re: [patch 3/4] Configure out ethtool support

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Message-Id: <20080731.035708.149435626.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:57:08 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dwmw2@...radead.org
Cc:	bhutchings@...arflare.com, thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org,
	michael@...e-electrons.com, mpm@...enic.com, jgarzik@...ox.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [patch 3/4] Configure out ethtool support

From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:54:24 +0100

> Other potential approaches include not enabling LRO by default if 
> !CONFIG_ETHTOOL. Or having the driver(s) which _do_ enable LRO by
> default 'select ETHTOOL'.

It is possible for us to generically enable LRO for every device,
since it is a software algorithm.  And likely we will do something
like this in the not too distant future.
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