netdev - Re: [PATCH net 2/4] bnxt_en: Do not enable legacy TX push on older firmware.

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Date:   Tue, 23 Jun 2020 16:47:10 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 2/4] bnxt_en: Do not enable legacy TX push on older
 firmware.

On Tue, 23 Jun 2020 19:01:36 -0400 Michael Chan wrote:
> Older firmware may not support legacy TX push properly and may not
> be disabling it.  So we check certain firmware versions that may
> have this problem and disable legacy TX push unconditionally.

For the future this commit message should have been clearer on user
impact. What are the symptoms? Will the TX hang because of this? 
Will the performance be low?