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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio-net: Set RXCSUM feature if GUEST_CSUM is available
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 15:57:04 -0400 (EDT)
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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.