netdev - Re: [PATCH] bgmac: omit the fcs

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Date:	Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:25:00 +0100
From:	Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	hauke@...ke-m.de, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bgmac: omit the fcs

2013/2/28 David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:
> From: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>
> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:57:03 +0100
>
>> 2013/2/28 Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@...ke-m.de>:
>>> Do not include the frame check sequence when adding the skb to
>>> netif_receive_skb(). This causes problems when this interface was
>>> bridged to a wifi ap and a big package should be forwarded from this
>>> Ethernet driver through a bride to the wifi client.
>>
>> Is this a real fix?
>>
>> Don't get me wrong, but it sounds a little like a workaround for some
>> issue in another network layer ;)
>
> FCS should never be included in the SKB unless a specific debugging
> configuration knob has enabled it.
>
> Having the FCS there will screw up things like device provided partial
> checksums (CHECKSUM_PARTIAL), which operate over the entire contents
> of the packet starting at a particular offset, so if the FCS is there
> we'll include it.
>
> This change is therefore about as correct as can possibly be.

OK, thanks! :)

-- 
Rafał
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