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Date:      Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:46:28 -0700
From:      "Jack Vogel" <jfvogel@gmail.com>
To:        "Andre Oppermann" <andre@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com>, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, cvs-src@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/net if.h
Message-ID:  <2a41acea0706111346l227b1399jd80d85771345d8be@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <466DB362.8010902@freebsd.org>
References:  <200706112008.l5BK8CQ7033543@repoman.freebsd.org> <466DACD6.4040606@errno.com> <2a41acea0706111330v6a39cf84o495f6acf62ba7ff7@mail.gmail.com> <2a41acea0706111333p5349993dg9315bfe8396f78a@mail.gmail.com> <466DB362.8010902@freebsd.org>

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On 6/11/07, Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org> wrote:
> Jack Vogel wrote:
> > On 6/11/07, Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On 6/11/07, Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> wrote:
> >> > Andre Oppermann wrote:
> >> > > andre       2007-06-11 20:08:12 UTC
> >> > >
> >> > >   FreeBSD src repository
> >> > >
> >> > >   Modified files:
> >> > >     sys/net              if.h
> >> > >   Log:
> >> > >   Add IFCAP_LRO flag for drivers to announce their TCP Large
> >> Receive Offload
> >> > >   capabilities.
> >> > >
> >> > >   Revision  Changes    Path
> >> > >   1.108     +1 -0      src/sys/net/if.h
> >> > > http://cvsweb.FreeBSD.org/src/sys/net/if.h.diff?r1=1.107&r2=1.108
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > There are many offload capabilities defined that are not well thought
> >> > out.  In particular we do not distinguish between ipv4 and ipv6 for
> >> > things like cksum and tso so there's no way to disable individual
> >> > features.  The ability to tweak LRO is clearly needed and clearly
> >> belong
> >> > as an ifnet capability but unilateraly deciding this is the wrong
> >> approach.
> >> >
> >> >         Sam
> >>
> >> We do distinguish between TSO4 and TSO6, its just that all the pieces
> >> for 6 arent actually there yet, you are right about the cksum
> >> granularity,
> >> but I'm not convinced its needed. You might be right on the need to
> >> fine tune the functionality, but having a big ON/OFF doesnt seem a
> >> bad thing to me.
> >
> > Oh, one other useful tidbit, for Oplin when RSS is enabled you can't do
> > CKSUM anyway, they reuse bits.
>
> What is Oplin?

Our new 10G adapter, er, its code name, its really 82598.



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