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Date:      Thu, 8 Sep 2011 20:21:20 -0400
From:      George Neville-Neil <gnn@neville-neil.com>
To:        Ben Gray <ben.r.gray@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Test tools for new network driver
Message-ID:  <BC8DAC67-93B5-4DB2-B7A6-D0F2355ADF75@neville-neil.com>
In-Reply-To: <4E4E3522.6030207@gmail.com>
References:  <4E4E3522.6030207@gmail.com>

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On Aug 19, 2011, at 06:04 , Ben Gray wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>    I'm not sure if this the right list to post to, but here goes ...
> 
>    I'm currently writing a driver for the SMSC LAN95xx range of USB to Ethernet adapter chips (http://www.smsc.com/index.php?tid=300&pid=135&tab=1). The basic RX/TX works and now I'm trying to get the H/W checksum offload working, however I've come across some problems with the H/W implementation, e.g. it doesn't work with small (<64 byte) packets.
> 
>    So I was wondering if anyone knows of any test tools I can use to fire all the different unusual sort of packets at the interface to see how the H/W csum reacts, i.e. runt packets, packets with IP options, IPv6 packets with extension headers, etc.
> 

Sorry to be late on this one.

http://pcs.sf.net

and /usr/ports/net/py-pcs

If you have questions on it let me know.  I'm the author.

Best,
George





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