Re: How to disable software TCP checksumming?

[Daniel C. Sobral]

Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> 
> There are good reasons why checksumming in upper layers should not be disabled
> even if some lower layer does checksumming of its own.  I recall reading some
> good points on this one at "TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume I" from (now late)
> Richard W. Stevens.

It seems to me to be kind of moot to check the same value twice, unless
you suspect hardware problems. Aren't you talking about two different
checks over the same data instead of checksum off-loading?

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