netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/5] qed/qede: Tunnel hardware GRO support

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Date:	Fri, 24 Jun 2016 05:20:55 +0000
From:	Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@...gic.com>
To:	Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>
CC:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Rick Jones <rick.jones2@....com>,
	Manish Chopra <manish.chopra@...gic.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ariel Elior <Ariel.Elior@...gic.com>,
	"Tom Herbert" <tom@...bertland.com>,
	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/5] qed/qede: Tunnel hardware GRO support

>We already know of one firmware bug you guys have which makes 
>it clear that the bnx2x is not doing hardware assisted GRO it is doing 
>something else since it performs much worse than GRO if the MSS is 
>less than what it would be based on the MTU.

It's a bit nitpicky, isn't it? Claiming this flaw means it's not GRO.
I.e., you obviously wouldn't have claimed it beacme GRO if it
was fixed.

Not saying it makes a lot of difference, though.