netdev - Re: To GRO or not to GRO...

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Message-Id: <20101003.003129.193711520.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 03 Oct 2010 00:31:29 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sysoleg@...dex.ru
Cc:	richard@...ce.co.nz, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: To GRO or not to GRO...

From: "\"Oleg A. Arkhangelsky\"" <sysoleg@...dex.ru>
Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2010 11:18:46 +0400

> 
> 
> 03.10.2010, 03:17, "Richard Scobie" <richard@...ce.co.nz>:
> 
>> In the README for ixgbe-2.1.4, is says:
>>
>> " Disable GRO when routing/bridging
>>    ---------------------------------
>>    Due to a known kernel issue, GRO must be turned off when
>> routing/bridging.
>>    GRO can be turned off via ethtool."
>>
> 
> This information is true for LRO, not GRO.

Right.

> I believe that this appeared when ixgbe was converted from LRO
> to GRO and all occurrences of LRO was blindly replaced by GRO
> everywhere.

Someome please submit a patch to fix this, thanks.
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