netdev - Re: [PATCH v6 0/9] net: Unified offload configuration

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Message-Id: <20110217.145611.229745070.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:56:11 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, bhutchings@...arflare.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 0/9] net: Unified offload configuration

From: Micha┅ Miros┅aw <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 03:59:16 +0100 (CET)

> Here's a v6 of the ethtool unification patch series.
> 
> What's in it?
>  1..4:
> 	cleanups for the core patches
>  5:
> 	the patch - implement unified ethtool setting ops
>  6..7:
> 	implement interoperation between old and new ethtool ops
>  8:
> 	include RX checksum in features and plug it into new framework
>  9:
> 	convert loopback device to new framework
> 
> What is it good for?
>  - unifies driver behaviour wrt hardware offloads
>  - removes a lot of boilerplate code from drivers
>  - allows better fine-grained control over used offloads

Applied to net-next-2.6, please send any bug fixes relative to this.

Please get rid of that annoying message spit out by netif_features_change(),
it's just spam.  If we want notifications for stuff like this, use a
non-unicast netlink message so those who want to hear it can do so.
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