From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:05:04 +0200
> So, it seems that if I set NETIF_F_SG but clear NETIF_F_ALL_CSUM, > data will be copied over rather than sent directly. > So why does dev.c have to force set NETIF_F_SG to off then? Because it's more efficient to copy into a linear destination buffer of an SKB than page sub-chunks when doing checksum+copy. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html