On 5/4/2026 9:35 PM, Michal Swiatkowski wrote:
> On Mon, May 04, 2026 at 04:53:12PM -0700, Jacob Keller wrote:
>> On 4/28/2026 12:06 AM, Michal Swiatkowski wrote:
>>> The hardware is capable of calculating checksum for IPV6 packets with
>>> extension header. To not drop such packets switch from IP/IPV6 checksum
>>> to HW_CSUM.
>>>
>>> HW_CSUM is also used in previous generation (i40e).
>>>
>>> Previously HW_CSUM was used to indicate that hardware supports general
>>> checksum. Drop it assuming that if the hardware supports it, it is used.
>>>
>>> Disabling offload for E830 in case of TSO isn't needed anymore as the
>>> check for TSO is done in Tx path just before preparation of the special
>>> GCS descriptor.
>>>
>>> The commit from Fixes didn't introduce a bug, it just shown that the
>>> driver is doing sth wrong with the checksum features.
>>>
>>> Suggested-by: Jakub Ramaseuski <[email protected]>
>>> Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel <[email protected]>
>>> Fixes: 04c20a9356f2 ("net: skip offload for NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM if ipv6 
>>> header contains extension")
>>> Signed-off-by: Michal Swiatkowski <[email protected]>
>>> ---
>> Am I correct in thinking that this supersedes (really, properly fixes)
>> the patch "ice: enable NETIF_F_HW_CSUM for GSO packets" at
>> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/intel-wired-lan/patch/[email protected]/
>> ?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jake
> 
> Yes, exactly. I think I linked it in cover letter, but maybe I should do
> it also here.
> 
> Thanks

I think its fine, I just wanted to make sure I was correct in marking
that patch as rejected in patchwork.

Thanks,
Jake

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