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Date:      Mon, 13 May 2002 11:17:13 -0700
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        David Greenman-Lawrence <dg@root.com>
Cc:        jamie@tridentmicrosystems.co.uk, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Broadcom BCM5701 Chipset problems
Message-ID:  <3CE00329.AD179FC9@mindspring.com>
References:  <20020513115600.A50967@mufuf.trident-uk.co.uk> <3CDFF60C.48A2EA65@mindspring.com> <20020513102526.H72322@nexus.root.com>

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David Greenman-Lawrence wrote:
> >If you aren't using VLAN tagging, you shouldn't care.
> 
>    No, that is absolutely not correct. The checksum problems happend in many
> situations, depending on the chipset and other factors. The problem that
> resulted in the commit to disable the receive hardware checksum was caused
> by small packets with certain byte patterns, NOT VLAN ENCAPSULATION.

Are you sure you are talking about the Tigon III, and not the Tigon II?

-- Terry

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