netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] net: Handle encapsulated offloads before fragmentation or handing to lower dev

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Date:	Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:15:54 -0800
From:	Jeff Kirsher <tarbal@...il.com>
To:	Joseph Gasparakis <joseph.gasparakis@...el.com>
CC:	davem@...emloft.net, shemminger@...tta.com, chrisw@...s-sol.org,
	gospo@...hat.com, Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	dmitry@...adcom.com, saeed.bishara@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] net: Handle encapsulated offloads before fragmentation
 or handing to lower dev

On 12/06/2012 05:56 PM, Joseph Gasparakis wrote:
> From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
>
> This change allows the VXLAN to enable Tx checksum offloading even on
> devices that do not support encapsulated checksum offloads. The
> advantage to this is that it allows for the lower device to change due
> to routing table changes without impacting features on the VXLAN itself.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
> ---
>  net/core/dev.c       |   15 +++++++++++++--
>  net/ipv4/ip_output.c |    4 ++++
>  2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Acked-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>


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