netdev - RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH net-next v4 0/5] xen-netback: IPv6 offload support

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Date:	Wed, 16 Oct 2013 16:53:31 +0000
From:	Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@...rix.com>
To:	Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...rix.com>
CC:	"xen-devel@...ts.xen.org" <xen-devel@...ts.xen.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH net-next v4 0/5] xen-netback: IPv6 offload
 support

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Campbell
> Sent: 16 October 2013 17:20
> To: Paul Durrant
> Cc: xen-devel@...ts.xen.org; netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH net-next v4 0/5] xen-netback: IPv6 offload
> support
> 
> On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 16:06 +0100, Paul Durrant wrote:
> > This patch series adds support for checksum and large packet offloads into
> > xen-netback.
> > Testing has mainly been done using the Microsoft network hardware
> > certification suite running in Server 2008R2 VMs with Citrix PV frontends.
> 
> Are there any Linux netfront patches in existence/the pipeline to take
> advantage of this?
> 

I was waiting for the backend patches to be accepted first ;-)

  Paul

> >
> > v2:
> > - Fixed Wei's email address in Cc lines
> >
> > v3:
> > - Responded to Wei's comments:
> >  - netif.h now updated with comments and a definition of
> >    XEN_NETIF_GSO_TYPE_NONE.
> >  - limited number of pullups
> > - Responded to Annie's comments:
> >  - New GSO_BIT macro
> >
> > v4:
> > - Responded to more of Wei's comments
> > - Remove parsing of IPv6 fragment header and added warning
> >
> >
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