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
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
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
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:
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