Garrett D'Amore wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> On a vaguely related note, it might be an interesting exercise >> to make IP assume that *all* NICs provide checksum offload >> support and to put the checksum'ing of IP packets into the >> mac/dls layer. > > A few possible issues: > > 1) Not all NICs are GLDv3. UV could address this I suppose > 2) What about IP configurations where the IP checksum is > "embedded"... e.g. IPsec, IP-in-IP tunnels, and so forth? > > Were it not for the complexities of tunnels, it probably would be a good > idea, because it would simplify IP. But alas, I don't think you can > make those assumptions.
Clearview is delivering a GLDv3 IP tunneling driver to replace the existing STREAMS-module-based implementation. The layering is as follows: ip GLDv3 iptun driver <-- IPsec processing for IP tunnels happens here ip See http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/clearview/ for details. -Seb _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
