[dpdk-dev] [PATCH RFC 00/11] ixgbe/mbuf: add TSO support

Olivier MATZ olivier.matz at 6wind.com
Fri May 9 23:49:45 CEST 2014


Hi Stephen,

On 05/09/2014 07:04 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> I would also like to propose changing the checksum offload flags.
> Many devices can indicate good checksum in some cases but can't test
> for many other types of packets. By changing the flags to be:
>  PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_GOOD and PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_GOOD
> 
> It is then possible to support devices where some cases (IPv4 + TCP)
> are supported but others are not.

I agree. That's also what I'm talking about in the commit log of
the patch 08/11.

If there is not much rework for all the patches, I think it's feasible
to include this kind of modification in the v2 of this series.

Regards,
Olivier



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