Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-net v1 2/2] ice: use NETIF_F_HW_CSUM instead of IP/IPV6

[Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>]

On 4/28/2026 12:06 AM, Michal Swiatkowski wrote:
> The hardware is capable of calculating checksum for IPV6 packets with
> extension header. To not drop such packets switch from IP/IPV6 checksum
> to HW_CSUM.
> 
> HW_CSUM is also used in previous generation (i40e).
> 
> Previously HW_CSUM was used to indicate that hardware supports general
> checksum. Drop it assuming that if the hardware supports it, it is used.
> 
> Disabling offload for E830 in case of TSO isn't needed anymore as the
> check for TSO is done in Tx path just before preparation of the special
> GCS descriptor.
> 
> The commit from Fixes didn't introduce a bug, it just shown that the
> driver is doing sth wrong with the checksum features.
> 
> Suggested-by: Jakub Ramaseuski <jramaseu@redhat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com>
> Fixes: 04c20a9356f2 ("net: skip offload for NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM if ipv6 header contains extension")
> Signed-off-by: Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@linux.intel.com>
> ---
Am I correct in thinking that this supersedes (really, properly fixes)
the patch "ice: enable NETIF_F_HW_CSUM for GSO packets" at
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/intel-wired-lan/patch/20260310150557.1138437-1-jramaseu@redhat.com/
?

Thanks,
Jake