David Miller <[email protected]> writes: > From: Thomas Huth <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 17:09:02 +0200 > >> If the VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_CSUM virtio feature is available, the guest >> does not have to calculate the checksums on all received packets. This >> is pretty much the same feature as RX checksum offloading on real >> network cards, so the virtio-net driver should report this by setting >> the NETIF_F_RXCSUM flag. When the user now runs "ethtool -k", he or she >> can see whether the virtio-net interface has to calculate RX checksums >> or not. >> >> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <[email protected]> > > Can one of the virtio_net folks please review this?
Hmm, so NETIF_F_RXCSUM only exists for ethtool's benefit. Weird. But this patch is correct: Acked-by: Rusty Russell <[email protected]> Thanks, Rusty. _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
