netdev - Re: [PATCH net] be2net: fix TSO6/GSO issue causing TX-stall on Lancer/BEx

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Message-Id: <20170913.093300.354502012122342306.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Wed, 13 Sep 2017 09:33:00 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     suresh.reddy@...adcom.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] be2net: fix TSO6/GSO issue causing TX-stall on
 Lancer/BEx

From: Suresh Reddy <suresh.reddy@...adcom.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 11:12:42 -0400

> IPv6 TSO requests with extension hdrs are a problem to the
> Lancer and BEx chips. Workaround is to disable TSO6 feature
> for such packets.
> 
> Also in Lancer chips, MSS less than 256 was resulting in TX stall.
> Fix this by disabling GSO when MSS less than 256.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Suresh Reddy <suresh.reddy@...adcom.com>

Applied.