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Date:      Wed, 26 Feb 2014 12:27:29 -0600
From:      Eric van Gyzen <eric@vangyzen.net>
To:        Sami Halabi <sodynet1@gmail.com>, <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: TSO
Message-ID:  <530E3211.6020805@vangyzen.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAEW%2BogYVto3rr6LHVsG4rOuyhXt3ZWbH2kWNk-1kAmwDKROEqg@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <CAEW%2BogYVto3rr6LHVsG4rOuyhXt3ZWbH2kWNk-1kAmwDKROEqg@mail.gmail.com>

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On 02/26/2014 11:37, Sami Halabi wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm reading (almost) all mailing emails in mailig list...
>
> Almost every / many problem in network performancr / packets loss ended up
> suggesting disabling TSO.
>
> I wonder why.. Is it a bug in the implementation? Or bybdesign?
> What are the usecases that TSO is needed? Myabe  it should be disabled bt
> default?

In some cases, I have disabled TSO to [successfully] work around a bug
in a particular NIC's firmware or hardware, usually a low-end "desktop"
gigabit NIC.

Eric



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