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Subject: Re: Full 32bit flowid from igb(4)
From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
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So, the 32 bit field that has the flowid in the rx descriptor can mean
multiple things - not just the flowid.

For igb it can also mean one of the RX checksums.

for ixgbe it can also mean RX checksum, or flowdirector flow
information, or a few other thngs.


-adrian