From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] smsc95xx: add tx checksum offload support Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:19:31 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20081120.041931.236800991.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1227171756-4280-1-git-send-email-steve.glendinning@smsc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: ian.saturley@smsc.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: steve.glendinning@smsc.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:60517 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754141AbYKTMTc (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:19:32 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1227171756-4280-1-git-send-email-steve.glendinning@smsc.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Steve Glendinning Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:02:36 +0000 > LAN9500 supports tx checksum offload, which slightly decreases cpu > utilisation. The benefit isn't very large because we still require > the skb to be linearized, but it does save a few cycles. > > This patch adds support for it, and enables it by default. > > Signed-off-by: Steve Glendinning Applied, thanks for refreshing this against net-next-2.6