From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "David S. Miller" Subject: Re: [NET]: TSO requires SG, enforce this at device registry. Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 22:57:00 -0700 Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Message-ID: <20041024225700.4a22a968.davem@davemloft.net> References: <200410221715.i9MHFlIu021927@hera.kernel.org> <417C9431.6030505@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com Return-path: To: Jeff Garzik In-Reply-To: <417C9431.6030505@pobox.com> Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 01:50:41 -0400 Jeff Garzik wrote: > 1) Given current driver implementations of ethtool ioctls, sysadmin is > free to create a combination of bits that are IMHO a bug. One can argue > that this is an extension of "root can shoot himself in the foot", so > who knows. I made a followon posting proposing ethtool changes which would enforce the rules there too, did you see it?