Re: driver packet coalesce

2007-05-31 Thread Kip Macy
Bruce - All LRO implementations are currently on the host. On 5/31/07, Bruce M. Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jack Vogel wrote: > On 5/31/07, Wilkinson, Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 0n Wed, May 30, 2007 at 04:45:05PM -0700, Jack Vogel wrote: >> >> > Does any driver do this no

Re: driver packet coalesce

2007-05-31 Thread Bruce M. Simpson
Jack Vogel wrote: On 5/31/07, Wilkinson, Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 0n Wed, May 30, 2007 at 04:45:05PM -0700, Jack Vogel wrote: > Does any driver do this now? And if a driver were to coalesce > packets and send something up the stack that violates mss > will it barf? erm,

Re: driver packet coalesce

2007-05-31 Thread Jack Vogel
On 5/31/07, Wilkinson, Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 0n Wed, May 30, 2007 at 04:45:05PM -0700, Jack Vogel wrote: > Does any driver do this now? And if a driver were to coalesce > packets and send something up the stack that violates mss > will it barf? erm, what is meant by "c

Re: driver packet coalesce

2007-05-31 Thread Jack Vogel
On 5/31/07, Andre Oppermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Julian Elischer wrote: > Andrew Thompson wrote: >> On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 04:45:05PM -0700, Jack Vogel wrote: >>> Does any driver do this now? And if a driver were to coalesce >>> packets and send something up the stack that violates mss >>>

Re: driver packet coalesce

2007-05-31 Thread Wilkinson, Alex
0n Wed, May 30, 2007 at 04:45:05PM -0700, Jack Vogel wrote: > Does any driver do this now? And if a driver were to coalesce > packets and send something up the stack that violates mss > will it barf? erm, what is meant by "coalesce" ? -aW IMPORTANT: This email remains the prop

Re: driver packet coalesce

2007-05-31 Thread Andre Oppermann
Julian Elischer wrote: Andrew Thompson wrote: On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 04:45:05PM -0700, Jack Vogel wrote: Does any driver do this now? And if a driver were to coalesce packets and send something up the stack that violates mss will it barf? It would barf for things like bridging where the pack

Re: driver packet coalesce

2007-05-30 Thread Jack Vogel
On 5/30/07, Julian Elischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Andrew Thompson wrote: > On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 04:45:05PM -0700, Jack Vogel wrote: >> Does any driver do this now? And if a driver were to coalesce >> packets and send something up the stack that violates mss >> will it barf? > > It would b

Re: driver packet coalesce

2007-05-30 Thread Julian Elischer
Andrew Thompson wrote: On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 04:45:05PM -0700, Jack Vogel wrote: Does any driver do this now? And if a driver were to coalesce packets and send something up the stack that violates mss will it barf? It would barf for things like bridging where the packet gets spit out a diffe

Re: driver packet coalesce

2007-05-30 Thread Kip Macy
On 5/30/07, Jack Vogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Does any driver do this now? And if a driver were to coalesce packets and send something up the stack that violates mss will it barf? mxge has a working implementation, cxgb's is bit-rotted at this instant. I'm going to add an mbuf flag to bypas

Re: driver packet coalesce

2007-05-30 Thread Andrew Thompson
On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 04:45:05PM -0700, Jack Vogel wrote: > Does any driver do this now? And if a driver were to coalesce > packets and send something up the stack that violates mss > will it barf? It would barf for things like bridging where the packet gets spit out a different interface. The b

Re: driver packet coalesce

2007-05-30 Thread Julian Elischer
Jack Vogel wrote: Does any driver do this now? And if a driver were to coalesce packets and send something up the stack that violates mss will it barf? not that I know of.. transmit strictly according to the rules. receive generously. Jack ___ fr