netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1 net] net: fix bonding advertising offloads it can't support

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Date:	Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:37:53 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, fubar@...ibm.com, andy@...yhouse.net,
	kaber@...sh.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1 net] net: fix bonding advertising offloads it can't
 support

From: Micha┅ Miros┅aw <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:34:50 +0200 (CEST)

> There is no software fallback implemented for SCTP or FCoE checksumming,
> and so it should not be passed on by software devices like bridge or
> bonding.
> 
> For VLAN devices, this is different. First, the driver for underlying
> device should be prepared to get offloaded packets even when the feature
> is disabled (especially if it advertises it in vlan_features). Second,
> devices under VLANs do not get replaced without tearing down the VLAN
> first.
> 
> This fixes a mess I accidentally introduced while converting bonding to
> ndo_fix_features in b2a103e6d0.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Micha┅ Miros┅aw <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>

I already applied this, and the SCTP patch, to net-2.6
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