From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: thuth@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, mst@redhat.com,
virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio-net: Set RXCSUM feature if GUEST_CSUM is available
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 15:57:04 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130829.155704.248095796202059854.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1377616142-29590-1-git-send-email-thuth@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
From: Thomas Huth <thuth@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 17:09:02 +0200
> If the VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_CSUM virtio feature is available, the guest
> does not have to calculate the checksums on all received packets. This
> is pretty much the same feature as RX checksum offloading on real
> network cards, so the virtio-net driver should report this by setting
> the NETIF_F_RXCSUM flag. When the user now runs "ethtool -k", he or she
> can see whether the virtio-net interface has to calculate RX checksums
> or not.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Can one of the virtio_net folks please review this?
Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-08-29 19:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-08-27 15:09 [PATCH] virtio-net: Set RXCSUM feature if GUEST_CSUM is available Thomas Huth
2013-08-29 19:57 ` David Miller [this message]
2013-09-02 1:47 ` Rusty Russell
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