linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ipv6: Fix Makefile offload objects

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Message-Id: <20121216.091747.271269648244929827.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 16 Dec 2012 09:17:47 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	simon@...e.lp0.eu
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	vyasevic@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6: Fix Makefile offload objects

From: Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu>
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:47:50 +0000

> The following commit breaks IPv6 TCP transmission for me:
> 	Commit 75fe83c32248d99e6d5fe64155e519b78bb90481
> 	Author: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com>
> 	Date:   Fri Nov 16 09:41:21 2012 +0000
> 	ipv6: Preserve ipv6 functionality needed by NET
> 
> This patch fixes the typo "ipv6_offload" which should be
> "ipv6-offload".
> 
> I don't know why not including the offload modules should
> break TCP. Disabling all offload options on the NIC didn't
> help. Outgoing pulseaudio traffic kept stalling.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu>

Applied, since the fix is so obvious.

I'll let Vlad explain why it has such an unexpected
effect.

Thanks.
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