netdev - Re: [PATCH net] bnx2x: Fix bridged GSO for 57710/57711 chips

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Date:	Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:17:37 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	yuvalmin@...adcom.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, ariele@...adcom.com, eilong@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] bnx2x: Fix bridged GSO for 57710/57711 chips

From: "Yuval Mintz" <yuvalmin@...adcom.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 15:59:57 +0300

> It was recently found out that GSO on 57710/57711 was broken, due to packets
> being sent without a valid IP checksum. 
> 
> Commit 057cf65 "bnx2x: Fix GSO for 57710/57711 chips" partially fixed this
> issue, but failed to set the correct IP checksum when receiving GSO packets
> via bridges, as such packets enter bnx2x_tx_split() and the FW flags needed
> to calculate IP checksum were erroneously set in the incorrect
> buffer descriptor.
> 
> This patch re-enables GSO in said scenario for 57710/57711 chips.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz <yuvalmin@...adcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ariel Elior <ariele@...adcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Eilon Greenstein <eilong@...adcom.com>

Applied, thanks.
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