On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 5:23 PM, Dieter BSD <dieter...@engineer.com> wrote: >> The data sheet for intel 82576 advertises IP TX/RX checksum offload >> but the driver does not set CSUM_IP in ifp->if_hwassist. Does this mean that >> driver (and chip) do not support IP TX checksum offload or the support for >> TX is not yet included in the driver? > > The first question is "is checksum offload a good idea?" > There is less protection against errors.
This assumes firmware flaws, right? Albeit, it also does confuse some software like tcpdump. -Garrett _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
