Re-sending as my earlier response had some HTML subparts.
Let me give some background before I answer your queries.
In IBM PowerVM environment, ibmveth driver supports largesend and
checksum offload today, but only for virtual ethernet adapters (VEA)
which are not configured in "Trunk mode".
Let me give some background before I answer your queries.
In IBM PowerVM environment, ibmveth driver supports largesend and
checksum offload today, but only for virtual ethernet adapters (VEA)
which are *not *configured in "Trunk mode". In trunk mode, one cannot
enable checksum and largesend
From: Sivakumar Krishnasamy
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 05:57:59 -0400
> Enable largesend and checksum offload for ibmveth configured in trunk mode.
> Added support to SKB frag_list in TX path by skb_linearize'ing such SKBs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sivakumar Krishnasamy
Why is linearization necessary?
Enable largesend and checksum offload for ibmveth configured in trunk mode.
Added support to SKB frag_list in TX path by skb_linearize'ing such SKBs.
Signed-off-by: Sivakumar Krishnasamy
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drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c | 102 ++---
drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/
