Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 19:28:37 -0500 (CDT) From: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@flugsvamp.com> To: tlambert@primenet.com, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PATCH: media option for ethernet hw checksum Message-ID: <200105310028.f4V0Sbu77564@prism.flugsvamp.com> In-Reply-To: <local.mail.freebsd-current/200105252311.QAA05152@usr02.primenet.com>
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In article <local.mail.freebsd-current/200105252311.QAA05152@usr02.primenet.com> you write: >Here is a patch I have locally that would be useful for Bill Paul, >I think. I know, we could use "flag0" for this, but it seems to >me that this will be an increasingly common option in hadware. > >I know Bill had to set this manually as a compile time flag, for >lack of an option (same for the JMB Intel Gigabit card driver). Um, why? It shouldn't be an option. Either the card supports it and it's turned on, or it doesn't and it's turned off. If anything, perhaps there should be a sysctl to enable/disable all hw checksums for those who want a more end-to-end solution. -- Jonathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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