netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/7] sh_eth: offload RX checksum on R7S72100

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Date:   Wed, 30 Jan 2019 11:08:25 +0100
From:   Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
To:     Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] sh_eth: offload RX checksum on R7S72100

On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 01:37:38PM +0300, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> On 01/29/2019 11:00 AM, Simon Horman wrote:
> 
> >>>> The RZ/A1H (R7S721000) SoC manual describes the Ether MAC's RX checksum
> >>>> offload the same way as it's implemented in the EtherAVB MACs...
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
> >>>
> >>> Regarding this and the remaining patches in this series,
> >>> which add rx-csum offload support in the sh_eth driver for
> >>> various SoCs: has this been tested?
> >>
> >>    As I said, I've only tested it on R8A77980.
> 
>    And still hoping Geert would be able to test on R8A7740.
> 
> > 
> > Thanks, I missed that.
> > 
> > As you may have guessed the implication of my question is that
> > IMHO it would be best only to add this feature to SoCs where
> > it has been tested.
> 
>    You don't trust the manuals? :-)

As a rule I do not.
But sometimes I have to anyway.