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On 23. May 2012, at 08:22 , Venkat Duvvuru wrote:

> Folks,
> Can somebody please explain me why "tcp checsum" calculation is =
mandated in
> the freebsd network stack (tcp_input--->in6_cksum) albeit the card =
supports
> it?
>=20
> Probably Steve is the right person who can answer this.

Just for public reference;  we talked offline.  The code simply was =
never done
and let's see how much of it I can get into the tree the next 48 hours.

/bz

--=20
Bjoern A. Zeeb                                 You have to have visions!
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