Re: [RFC v2] mac80211: assign needed_headroom/tailroom for netdevs

Johannes Berg
2008-05-05T17:58:29Z

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> I would set NETIF_F_SG OR FRAGLIS to features...? (What actually is
> the difference?)

Do you support TCP checksumming in hardware? -> no SG

NETIF_F_FRAGLIST I haven't understood, but it seems to apply mostly for
IP fragmentation?

> but even when it does I
> > don't see what we can do unless we want to do all this inside mac80211
> > which I'd rather not.
>
> Like Sending mac80211 header OOB as xmit function argument? This will
> probably affect all the wme code as well...
> Not good.

Yep.

> Isn't this a requirement that header fits into a continuous buffer ?

which header? The SKB header (skb->data .. skb->tail
(skb->head..skb->end)) or the 802.11/device header?

> It's sounds strange to me that there is no solution for efficient
> bridging... Can bridging code handle this if we have native interface?

I don't think so, but I'm not sure.

johannes

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