netdev - Re: e1000e hardware CRC stripping breaks bridging

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Message-ID: <47B1D697.8030503@intel.com>
Date:	Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:25:43 -0800
From:	"Kok, Auke" <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>
To:	Daniel Drake <dsd@...too.org>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, johan.andersson@...nsmode.se,
	dsd@...too.org, jesse.brandeburg@...el.com
Subject: Re: e1000e hardware CRC stripping breaks bridging

Daniel Drake wrote:
> Johan Andersson reported on the Gentoo bugzilla that the hardware CRC
> stripping enabled by e1000e breaks bridging because sometimes the CRC is
> not stripped:
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=209235
> 
> Apparently "upstream" are aware but I couldn't find any mails or bug
> reports on this topic.
> 
> What's the current status of this issue? Perhaps we should disable
> hardware CRC stripping for 2.6.24.x/2.6.25 until this gets fixed?

Jesse figured it out. I just send you a patch to test, can you guys give that a
try and see if it fixes the situation? Johan?

thanks,

Auke
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