08/07/2019 06:32, [email protected]: > From: Sunil Kumar Kori <[email protected]> > > Currently PKT_TX_IP_CKSUM is being set into mbuf->ol_flags > during fragmentation and reassemble operation implicitly. > Because of this, application is forced to use checksum offload > whether it is supported by platform or not. > > Also documentation does not provide any expected value of ol_flags > in returned mbuf (reassembled or fragmented) so application will never > come to know that which offloads are enabled. So transmission may be failed > for the platforms which does not support checksum offload. > > Also, IPv6 does not contain any checksum field in header so setting > mbuf->ol_flags with PKT_TX_IP_CKSUM is itself invalid. > > So removing mentioned flag from the library. > > Signed-off-by: Sunil Kumar Kori <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Konstantin Ananyev <[email protected]>
Applied, thanks PS: I move the release notes from ABI to API changes as it is an API behaviour change.
