netdev - RE: [PATCH 1/3] net: Add support for hardware-offloaded encapsulation

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Message-ID: <504C9EFCA2D0054393414C9CB605C37F1BF5CF01@SJEXCHMB06.corp.ad.broadcom.com>
Date:	Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:23:57 +0000
From:	"Dmitry Kravkov" <dmitry@...adcom.com>
To:	"Joseph Gasparakis" <joseph.gasparakis@...el.com>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"shemminger@...tta.com" <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	"chrisw@...s-sol.org" <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Peter P Waskiewicz Jr" <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/3] net: Add support for hardware-offloaded
 encapsulation

> -----Original Message-----
> From: netdev-owner@...r.kernel.org [mailto:netdev-owner@...r.kernel.org]
> On Behalf Of Joseph Gasparakis
> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 4:18 AM
> To: davem@...emloft.net; shemminger@...tta.com; chrisw@...s-sol.org
> Cc: Joseph Gasparakis; netdev@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
> Peter P Waskiewicz Jr
> Subject: [PATCH 1/3] net: Add support for hardware-offloaded encapsulation
> 
> This patch adds support in the kernel for offloading in the NIC Tx and Rx
> checksumming for encapsulated packets (such as VXLAN and IP GRE)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joseph Gasparakis <joseph.gasparakis@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
[D.K.] 

>  	NETIF_F_HW_CSUM_BIT,		/* Can checksum all the packets.
> */
> +	NETIF_F_HW_CSUM_ENC_BIT,	/* Can checksum all inner headers */
>  	NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM_BIT,		/* Can checksum TCP/UDP over
> IPV6 */

Also #define NETIF_F_HW_CSUM_ENC should be added


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