Kok, Auke wrote:
> Andrew Gallatin wrote:
>> To follow up on Jan-Bernd Themann's LRO patch earlier today,
>> this patch shows how the generic LRO interface can be used for
>> page based drivers.
>>
>> Again, many thanks to Jan-Bernd Themann for leading this
To follow up on Jan-Bernd Themann's LRO patch earlier today,
this patch shows how the generic LRO interface can be used for
page based drivers.
Again, many thanks to Jan-Bernd Themann for leading this effort.
Drew
Singed off by: Andrew Gallatin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Jan-Bernd Themann wrote:
> On Monday 30 July 2007 22:32, Andrew Gallatin wrote:
>> Second, you still need to set skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY
>> when modified packets are flushed, else the stack will see bad
>> checksums for packets from CHECKSUM_COMPLETE
Both patches are signed off by Andrew Gallatin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
First, the LRO_MAX_PG_HLEN is still a problem. Minimally sized 60
byte frames still cause problems in lro_gen_skb due to skb->len
going negative. Fixed in the attached patch. It may be simpler
to just drop LRO_MAX_PG_
Here is a quick reply before something more official can
be written up:
Linas Vepstas wrote:
> -- what is LRO?
Large Receive Offload
> -- Basic principles of operation?
LRO is analogous to a receive side version of TSO. The NIC (or
driver) merges several consecutive segments from the same
Jan-Bernd Themann wrote:
> On Wednesday 25 July 2007 19:17, Andrew Gallatin wrote:
>> 3) Padded frames.
>>
>> I may be missing something, but I don't see where you
>> either strip padding from frames or reject padded frames.
>> (see the pskb_trim
Hi,
I've ported myri10ge to use the new LRO interface. I have attached a
preliminary patch to myri10ge. I'm very pleased to note that the
performance is on-par with my own LRO used by our out-of-tree driver.
(except when using mixed MTUS, see performance data below).
As I expected, actually po
On 7/20/07, Jan-Bernd Themann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks a lot for your comments so far.
> This generic LRO patch differs from the last one in several points.
> A new interface for a "receive in pages" mode has been added and tested
> with an eHEA prototype. Seems to work well.
>
>
On 7/11/07, Jan-Bernd Themann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Generic Large Receive Offload proposal
I'm very glad that somebody is stepping up to take responsibility
for this!
I'm the primary author of the Myricom Myri10GE driver, and its LRO mechanism
(which has been rejected several times when po
