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* [PATCH RFC 0/12] Remove UDP Fragmentation Offload support
@ 2017-07-05 15:04 David Miller
  2017-07-05 15:52 ` Stephen Hemminger
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: David Miller @ 2017-07-05 15:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: netdev


This is an RFC patch series, based upon some discussions with
various developers, that removes UFO offloading.

Very few devices support this operation, it's usefullness is
quesitonable at best, and it adds a non-trivial amount of
complexity to our data paths.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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* Re: [PATCH RFC 0/12] Remove UDP Fragmentation Offload support
  2017-07-05 15:04 [PATCH RFC 0/12] Remove UDP Fragmentation Offload support David Miller
@ 2017-07-05 15:52 ` Stephen Hemminger
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Stephen Hemminger @ 2017-07-05 15:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David Miller; +Cc: netdev

On Wed, 05 Jul 2017 16:04:02 +0100 (WEST)
David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:

> This is an RFC patch series, based upon some discussions with
> various developers, that removes UFO offloading.
> 
> Very few devices support this operation, it's usefullness is
> quesitonable at best, and it adds a non-trivial amount of
> complexity to our data paths.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>


Agreed, makes sense to me.

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