netdev - Re: tap/bridge: Dropping NETIF_F_GSO/NETIF_F

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Date:	Mon, 16 May 2011 14:21:33 +0300
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.hengli.com.au>
Cc:	Shan Wei <shanwei@...fujitsu.com>,
	Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Subject: Re: tap/bridge: Dropping NETIF_F_GSO/NETIF_F_SG

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 08:43:10PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 12:48:21PM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> >
> > Both bridge and tun trigger the messages ATM. I note that
> > dev.c takes pains to avoid these messages:
> > 	Avoid warning from netdev_fix_features() for GSO without SG
> > 
> > Should all drivers do this: clear _SG if they clear checksum?  What about _GSO?
> > If we start doing this, this spills info about flag dependencies out to drivers.
> 
> Drivers don't need to do this at all since the network stack
> will automatically clear SG and related features if checksum
> is disabled.
> 
> Cheers,

Yes, but then we get annoying info messages every time.
Change them all to debug or remove completely?

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