netdev - Re: [PATCH v6 net-next 03/14] net: update commnets for SKB_GSO_TCP_ECN and SKB_GSO_TCP

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Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 11:40:06 +0100
From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 net-next 03/14] net: update commnets for
 SKB_GSO_TCP_ECN and SKB_GSO_TCP_ACCECN

On 11/19/25 11:24 AM, Chia-Yu Chang (Nokia) wrote:
> I was thinking to totally remove ECN from Rx path, 

??? do you mean you intend to remove the existing virtio_net ECN
support? I guess/hope I misread the above.

Note that removing features from virtio_net is an extreme pain at best,
and more probably simply impossible - see the UFO removal history.

Please clarify, thanks!

Paolo