netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] net: enetc: declare NETIF_F_HW

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Date:   Thu, 7 Oct 2021 20:41:35 +0000
From:   Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
To:     Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>
CC:     "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] net: enetc: declare NETIF_F_HW_CSUM and
 do it in software

On Thu, Oct 07, 2021 at 06:30:42PM +0300, Ioana Ciornei wrote:
> This is just a preparation patch for software TSO in the enetc driver.
> Unfortunately, ENETC does not support Tx checksum offload which would
> normally render TSO, even software, impossible.
> 
> Declare NETIF_F_HW_CSUM as part of the feature set and do it at driver
> level using skb_csum_hwoffload_help() so that we can move forward and

The comment is still referencing the other function you were calling in v1.
Anyway, not a big deal, in the end everything ends up in skb_checksum_help().

> also add support for TSO in the next patch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>