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Message-ID: <20070601230612.GO7298@austin.ibm.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 18:06:12 -0500
From: linas@...tin.ibm.com (Linas Vepstas)
To: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spidernet: checksum and ethtool
On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 05:24:36PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> It doesn't look like spidernet hardware can really checksum all protocols,
> the code looks like it does IPV4 only. If so, it should use NETIF_F_IP_CSUM
> instead of NETIF_F_HW_CSUM.
>
> The driver doesn't need it's own get/set for ethtool tx csum, and it
> should use the standard ethtool_op_get_link.
>
> NOT TESTED (no CELL hardware).
It seems to work. I've been distracted with other spidernet issues;
I will forward your patch upstream early next week.
--linas
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