Re: [net-next PATCH 1/2 v4] ibmvnic: map L2/L3/L4 header descriptors to firmware

2016-04-05 Thread David Miller
From: Thomas Falcon Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 17:20:34 -0500 > Allow the VNIC driver to provide descriptors containing > L2/L3/L4 headers to firmware. This feature is needed > for greater hardware compatibility and enablement of checksum > and TCP offloading features.

[net-next PATCH 1/2 v4] ibmvnic: map L2/L3/L4 header descriptors to firmware

2016-04-01 Thread Thomas Falcon
Allow the VNIC driver to provide descriptors containing L2/L3/L4 headers to firmware. This feature is needed for greater hardware compatibility and enablement of checksum and TCP offloading features. A new function is included for the hypervisor call, H_SEND_SUBCRQ_INDIRECT, allowing a