netdev - Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/1] cxgb3i: cxgb3 iSCSI initiator

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Date:	Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:09:02 -0700
From:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	jgarzik@...ox.com, swise@...ngridcomputing.com, divy@...lsio.com,
	kxie@...lsio.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	open-iscsi@...glegroups.com, michaelc@...wisc.edu,
	daisyc@...ibm.com, wenxiong@...ibm.com, bhua@...ibm.com,
	dm@...lsio.com, leedom@...lsio.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/1] cxgb3i: cxgb3 iSCSI initiator

 > We turn it off.  If I want to shape or filter one of these iSCSI
 > connections can we turn it off?

That seems like a reasonable idea to me -- the standard thing to do when
a NIC offload conflicts with something else is to turn off the offload
and fall back to software.

 - R.
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