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From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/13] bnx2x: Forbid LRO on when XEN is enabled
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:11:25 +0100
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On Sun, 2010-04-18 at 17:50 +0300, Vladislav Zolotarov wrote:
> LRO cannot be used on virtualized environment, so it is best
> to disable it on compile time in XEN kernel.
[...]

If you want to cripple your performance, I'm not going to stand in your
way, but be aware that most distribution kernels now enable CONFIG_XEN.

Ben.

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