Re: [PATCH net-next] ibmvnic: Enable TSO support

2017-05-26 Thread Thomas Falcon
On 05/25/2017 01:49 PM, David Miller wrote: > From: David Miller > Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 14:46:26 -0400 (EDT) > >> From: Thomas Falcon >> Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 21:29:26 -0500 >> >>> The feature is also enabled by a module parameter. >>> This parameter is necessary because TSO can not easily be

Re: [PATCH net-next] ibmvnic: Enable TSO support

2017-05-25 Thread David Miller
From: David Miller Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 14:46:26 -0400 (EDT) > From: Thomas Falcon > Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 21:29:26 -0500 > >> The feature is also enabled by a module parameter. >> This parameter is necessary because TSO can not easily be >> enabled or disabled in firmware without reinitiali

Re: [PATCH net-next] ibmvnic: Enable TSO support

2017-05-25 Thread David Miller
From: Thomas Falcon Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 21:29:26 -0500 > The feature is also enabled by a module parameter. > This parameter is necessary because TSO can not easily be > enabled or disabled in firmware without reinitializing the driver. Sorry, this is unacceptable. When I say no module param

Re: [PATCH net-next] ibmvnic: Enable TSO support

2017-05-24 Thread kbuild test robot
Hi Thomas, [auto build test WARNING on net-next/master] url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Thomas-Falcon/ibmvnic-Enable-TSO-support/20170525-111039 config: powerpc-allmodconfig (attached as .config) compiler: powerpc64-linux-gnu-gcc (Debian 6.1.1-9) 6.1.1 20160705 reproduce:

[PATCH net-next] ibmvnic: Enable TSO support

2017-05-24 Thread Thomas Falcon
Enable TSO in the ibmvnic driver. Scatter-gather is also enabled, though there currently is no support for scatter-gather in vNIC-compatible hardware, resulting in forced linearization of all fragmented SKB's. Though not ideal, given the throughput improvement gained by enabling TSO, it has been de