netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] TX throttling bug-fixing patch of AX88179

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Date:	Tue, 23 Jul 2013 19:29:13 -0700
From:	Grant Grundler <grundler@...gle.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>, oliver@...kum.org,
	Freddy Xin <freddy@...x.com.tw>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	ASIX Louis [蘇威陸] <louis@...x.com.tw>,
	Allan Chou <allan@...x.com.tw>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] TX throttling bug-fixing patch of AX88179_178A

On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 4:46 PM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
...
> A quick scan shows that smsc75xx, smsc95xx, and ax88179_178a all have
> this problem.
>
> Instead of the patch starting this thread, I'd like to see one that
> hits all three drivers and removes all SG and TSO features bits from
> both the ->features _and_ ->hw_features settings.

Since you are asking to remove TSO, do you also want skb_linearize()
calls in ax88179_178a.c and smsc75xx.c removed as well?

Not part of the original patch - but based on this thread, Eric seems
to think calling skb_linearize isn't necessary or helpful either.

cheers,
grant
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