Re: Call for re(4) checksum offload testers.

From: Rene Ladan <r.c.ladan_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:23:10 +0100
Bill Paul schreef:
>> Based on testing with my sample adapters, I think the right thing to do
>> is skip the software padding in the TCP case. It appears that even
>> the older 8169 adapters that botch the small IP fragment case will correctly
>> handle this small TCP segment case. I'm attaching a patch which should
>> fix the problem without breaking the workaround for other NICs. If you
>> verify that this patch also fixes your problem, then this patch should
>> be checked in instead of the other one.
> 
> Crap... I just realized as I hit the send button that I was testing
> for the wrong flag in the rl_flags field. I'm sending the patch again,
> hopefully correct this time.
> 
I just confirmed that I can download email messages in Thunderbird using
this patch.

Regards,
Rene
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