From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Kok, Auke" Subject: Re: e1000e hardware CRC stripping breaks bridging Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:25:43 -0800 Message-ID: <47B1D697.8030503@intel.com> References: <47B19EDE.5020802@gentoo.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, johan.andersson@transmode.se, dsd@gentoo.org, jesse.brandeburg@intel.com To: Daniel Drake Return-path: Received: from mga03.intel.com ([143.182.124.21]:11378 "EHLO mga03.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757067AbYBLRa6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:30:58 -0500 In-Reply-To: <47B19EDE.5020802@gentoo.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Daniel Drake wrote: > Johan Andersson reported on the Gentoo bugzilla that the hardware CRC > stripping enabled by e1000e breaks bridging because sometimes the CRC is > not stripped: > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=209235 > > Apparently "upstream" are aware but I couldn't find any mails or bug > reports on this topic. > > What's the current status of this issue? Perhaps we should disable > hardware CRC stripping for 2.6.24.x/2.6.25 until this gets fixed? Jesse figured it out. I just send you a patch to test, can you guys give that a try and see if it fixes the situation? Johan? thanks, Auke