26/06/2019 23:10, Thomas Monjalon:
> 18/05/2019 17:18, Ananyev, Konstantin:
> > 
> > Hi,
> >  
> > > 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.
> > 
> > As there is a change in public API behavior, I think it deserves update in 
> > release notes.
> > Apart from that:
> > Acked-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.anan...@intel.com>
> 
> Is it safe to do this behaviour change?
> You did not reply about updating the release notes.
> Why did you drop this patch in v3?

No reply?
May I consider this series won't go in 19.08 release?


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