netdev - Re: incorrect cksum with tcp/udp on lo with 2.6.20/2.6.21/2.6.22

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Message-ID: <20070924013005.GB22054@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:30:05 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Krzysztof Oledzki <olel@....pl>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: incorrect cksum with tcp/udp on lo with 2.6.20/2.6.21/2.6.22

On Sun, Sep 23, 2007 at 11:18:58PM +0200, Krzysztof Oledzki wrote:
>
> Thank you for the information. Is there any easy way to turn them on? I 
> need it for LVS.

Do you really need it? The packets should be checksummed at
the point where they physically leave the host.

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