linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/8] net: bcmgenet: Turn on offloads by default

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Date:   Thu, 19 Dec 2019 18:13:40 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     opendmb@...il.com
Cc:     f.fainelli@...il.com, bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/8] net: bcmgenet: Turn on offloads by
 default

From: Doug Berger <opendmb@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 16:51:07 -0800

> This commit stack is based on Florian's commit 4e8aedfe78c7 ("net: 
> systemport: Turn on offloads by default") and enables the offloads for
> the bcmgenet driver by default.
> 
> The first commit adds support for the HIGHDMA feature to the driver.
> 
> The second converts the Tx checksum implementation to use the generic
> hardware logic rather than the deprecated IP centric methods.
> 
> The third modifies the Rx checksum implementation to use the hardware
> offload to compute the complete checksum rather than filtering out bad
> packets detected by the hardware's IP centric implementation. This may
> increase processing load by passing bad packets to the network stack,
> but it provides for more flexible handling of packets by the network
> stack without requiring software computation of the checksum.
> 
> The remaining commits mirror the extensions Florian made to the sysport
> driver to retain symmetry with that driver and to make the benefits of
> the hardware offloads more ubiquitous.

Series applied, thanks.