From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [0/5] GSO: Generic Segmentation Offload Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 03:40:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20060620.034011.104035301.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20060620090919.GA31613@gondor.apana.org.au> <20060620093219.GF31854@gondor.apana.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from dsl027-180-168.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([216.27.180.168]:14811 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932558AbWFTKkE (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Jun 2006 06:40:04 -0400 To: herbert@gondor.apana.org.au In-Reply-To: <20060620093219.GF31854@gondor.apana.org.au> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Herbert Xu Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 19:32:19 +1000 > On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 07:09:19PM +1000, herbert wrote: > > > > I've attached some numbers to demonstrate the savings brought on by > > doing this. The best scenario is obviously the case where the underlying > > NIC supports SG. This means that we simply have to manipulate the SG > > entries and place them into individual skb's before passing them to the > > driver. The attached file lo-res shows this. > > Obviously I forgot to attach them :) :-) The changes look good on first scan, I'll look more deeply and meanwhile we'll let the patches ferment for a few days so others can comment too :-)