Hi Stephen, ... On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 01:51:19PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:27:24 -0700 > Arthur Jones <ajo...@riverbed.com> wrote: > > > When the 82575 is fed 802.1q packets, it chokes with > > an error of the form: > > > > igb 0000:08:00.1: partial checksum but proto=81 > > > > As the logic there was not smart enough to look into > > the vlan header to pick out the encapsulated protocol. > > > > There are times when we'd like to send these packets > > out without having to configure a vlan on the interface. > > Here we check for the vlan tag and allow the packet to > > go out with the correct hardware checksum. > > > > Thanks to Kand Ly <k...@riverbed.com> for discovering the > > issue and the coming up with a solution. This patch is > > based upon his work. > > > > Signed-off-by: Arthur Jones <ajo...@riverbed.com> > > --- > > drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c | 12 +++++++++++- > > 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > That code in current igb driver (net-next-2.6) tree no longer has > the whole switch you are changing.
The patch from linux-2.6 applies to net-next-2.6 with just a minor context fixup. I think the issue still exists in net-next-2.6, I'm compiling and testing now... Arthur ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel
