netdev - RE: [PATCH net 1/2] r8152: fix the sw rx checksum is unavailable

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Date:   Thu, 24 Nov 2016 03:24:48 +0000
From:   Hayes Wang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>
To:     Mark Lord <mlord@...ox.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     nic_swsd <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-usb@...r.kernel.org" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net 1/2] r8152: fix the sw rx checksum is unavailable

Mark Lord [mailto:mlord@...ox.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2016 3:30 AM
[...]
> Worth repeating: other dongles we have tried, eg. those using the asix driver,
> do not cause us any troubles here.  Only the r8152 dongles do.

I couldn't tell you why you would see the problem. I have tested the
RTL8152 on raspberry pi platform with iperf more than 17 hours. And
I don't see any invalid rx descriptor. I don't think it really is the
issue about our hw.

Best Regards,
Hayes