There was no patch attached. Please post the patch inline in the email in case the patch gets stripped from the email again.
Thanks. Cheers, John > -----Original Message----- > From: zhuyj [mailto:zyjzyj2...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 2:06 AM > To: e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [E1000-devel] CONFIG_IXGBE_DISABLE_PACKET_SPLIT in ixgbe nic > driver > > Hi, all > > >From ixgbe 3.8.21, CONFIG_IXGBE_DISABLE_PACKET_SPLIT is introduced in > >ixgbe > nic driver. > But this CONFIG_IXGBE_DISABLE_PACKET_SPLIT is not defined in linux > kernel options. > As such, ixgbe nic driver will split packets. > > So if the patckets are protected by some hash algorithm, such as md5, after > ixgbe nic dirver splits long patckets(>178bytes), these protected packets will > be discarded in the receiver. > > An example is AH packets. If the AH packets are long enough(>178), these > AH packets will be splited in ixgbe nic driver. In the end, the receiver will > not > get correct ICV result. So these long(>178 bytes) will be dicarded. > > So it is necessary to define CONFIG_IXGBE_DISABLE_PACKET_SPLIT in some > ixgbe driver header files to avoid splitting long packets in ixgbe driver. > > At least, some explanations should be put in the README file. But there is > nothing about CONFIG_IXGBE_DISABLE_PACKET_SPLIT in the README file. > > So we should apply this patch (based on ixgbe 3.17.3) in our ixgbe nic driver > when it is built for linux kernel. > > Or some explanations should be put into the README file. > > Best Regards! > Zhu Yanjun ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor 25 network devices or servers for free with OpManager! OpManager is web-based network management software that monitors network devices and physical & virtual servers, alerts via email & sms for fault. Monitor 25 devices for free with no restriction. Download now http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/292181274;119417398;o _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.intel.com/community/wired
