netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] macvtap: Add GSO/csum offload support

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Date:	Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:05:42 -0800
From:	Sridhar Samudrala <sri@...ibm.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] macvtap: Add GSO/csum offload support

On 2/14/2010 11:13 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Saturday 13 February 2010 21:55:37 Sridhar Samudrala wrote:
>    
>>> Also, what about IFF_TAP and IFF_NO_PI, should those be always set?
>>>
>>>        
>> Atleast it is not required for qemu to have these flags set. If we are
>> not doing anything different based on
>> these flags, i felt we don't need to have them.
>>      
> The point is that other applications might depend on them. We only support
> IFF_TAP operation (not IFF_TUN), and we do not understand the !IFF_NO_PI
> frame format, so any program that tries to use the PI header or use cooked
> IP packets will get incorrect data.
>
>    
OK. that is a good point. We should handle cases where a user is trying 
to set IFF_TUN and !IFF_NO_PI.

Thanks
Sridhar

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