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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:18:26 +0000
Subject: Re: [Patch] fix ia64 build failure when CONFIG_SFC=m
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From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:35:29 +0100

> So far as I can see, hardly anyone is doing routing at 10G speeds on Linux.
> If they were, the horrible interaction with LRO would presumably have been
> found and fixed earlier.

This assumes a precise intersection between those doing 10G routing
and their using chips with LRO capable drivers.

All of the 10G equipment I have here and do testing on use drivers
that lack LRO support.