netdev - Re: [PATCH] r8169: fix checksum broken

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Date:	Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:01:23 +0100
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	Shan Wei <shanwei@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	jgarzik@...ox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] r8169: fix checksum broken

Shan Wei <shanwei@...fujitsu.com> :
[...]
> If these are right, driver will set ip_summed with CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY for other
> upper protocol, e.g. sctp, igmp protocol. This will cause protocol stack ignores 
> checksum check for packets with invalid checksum. 

The documentation of these bits is identical for the 8139c+ and the 8169.

-- 
Ueimor
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