netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH 0/2] GENEVE/VXLAN: Enable outer Tx checksum by default

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Date:	Wed, 24 Feb 2016 17:30:59 +0000
From:	Edward Cree <ecree@...arflare.com>
To:	Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Rick Jones <rick.jones2@....com>,
	Jesse Gross <jesse@...nel.org>,
	Alex Duyck <aduyck@...antis.com>,
	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH 0/2] GENEVE/VXLAN: Enable outer Tx checksum by
 default

On 24/02/16 00:53, Tom Herbert wrote:
> That's an interesting idea. This should work in IPv6 now and nearly
> all encapsulation protocols (GRE w/ csum doesn't work this way for
> instance)
You mean GRE with sequence numbers?  csum should be fine, it'sjust the
usual LCO setup (i.e. only depends on headers).

-Ed