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

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Date:	Thu, 17 Oct 2013 08:42:05 +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 18:01
> 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 Wed, 2013-10-16 at 17:53 +0100, Paul Durrant wrote:
> > > -----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 ;-)
> 
> I think it would be useful to get et least an RFC so others can try it
> etc.
> 

Well, everyone can build and use the Windows frontend :-) (https://github.com/xenserver/win-xenvif/tree/upstream)

I'll try to hack up something in xen-netfront soon.

  Paul