netdev - Re: Default offload settings in Ethernet drivers

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Message-ID: <494165BB.6030103@hp.com>
Date:	Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:10:51 -0800
From:	Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
CC:	Jan Ceuleers <jan.ceuleers@...puter.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Default offload settings in Ethernet drivers

> Go get a kill-a-watt meter and real hardware and measure.
> I don't think there will be any difference. Linux (mainline) doesn't
> do TOE. It does do segmentation offload, and any driver that can
> do segmentation offload enables it by default.

Further, it would seem reasonable to expect if a NIC has a feature the 
driver does not enable by default, the implication is that feature is 
not yet ready for regular use.

rick jones
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