David, linux-net-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 24.03.2005 19:38:30: > On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:33:56 +0100 > Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > [patch 7/9] s390: qeth tcp segmentation offload. > > > > From: Frank Pavlic <pavlic@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Add support for TCP Segmentation Offload to the qeth network driver. > > It really doesn't appear that you're offloading TCP Segmentation > to the card, you're doing it mostly in software in the qeth > driver. what you are talking about is the eddp part which is just one option to use kernel's TSO support . This usage of TSO support is called Enhanced Drivers Packing , means a better usage of our send buffers and thus less IO operations. The other option is the "real" TCP segmentation offload support driven by hardware. The code is in qeth_tso.[hc] .... > > If that's beneficial, that's fine, but such a thing belongs somewhere > generic so that other drivers can do it without %100 replicating your > qeth code. I don't think that it is something for generic usage as it is very OSA card specific and qeth driver respectively. > - > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
