Since many packets have the same checksum starting offset and insertion
location; the driver can save the last information and only tell hardware
when it changes.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

--- sky2.orig/drivers/net/sky2.c        2006-08-28 10:00:08.000000000 -0700
+++ sky2/drivers/net/sky2.c     2006-08-28 10:00:13.000000000 -0700
@@ -1280,12 +1280,17 @@
                if (skb->nh.iph->protocol == IPPROTO_UDP)
                        ctrl |= UDPTCP;
 
-               le = get_tx_le(sky2);
-               le->tx.csum.start = cpu_to_le16(hdr);
-               le->tx.csum.offset = cpu_to_le16(offset);
-               le->length = 0; /* initial checksum value */
-               le->ctrl = 1;   /* one packet */
-               le->opcode = OP_TCPLISW | HW_OWNER;
+               if (hdr != sky2->tx_csum_start || offset != 
sky2->tx_csum_offset) {
+                       sky2->tx_csum_start = hdr;
+                       sky2->tx_csum_offset = offset;
+
+                       le = get_tx_le(sky2);
+                       le->tx.csum.start = cpu_to_le16(hdr);
+                       le->tx.csum.offset = cpu_to_le16(offset);
+                       le->length = 0; /* initial checksum value */
+                       le->ctrl = 1;   /* one packet */
+                       le->opcode = OP_TCPLISW | HW_OWNER;
+               }
        }
 
        le = get_tx_le(sky2);
--- sky2.orig/drivers/net/sky2.h        2006-08-28 09:59:36.000000000 -0700
+++ sky2/drivers/net/sky2.h     2006-08-28 10:00:13.000000000 -0700
@@ -1843,6 +1843,8 @@
        u32                  tx_addr64;
        u16                  tx_pending;
        u16                  tx_last_mss;
+       u16                  tx_csum_start;
+       u16                  tx_csum_offset;
 
        struct ring_info     *rx_ring ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
        struct sky2_rx_le    *rx_le;

--
Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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