On Thu, Feb 07, 2013 at 01:14:20PM -0500, David Miller wrote: > From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 16:20:46 +0000 > > > If the consensus is still that we must preserve packets exactly (aside > > from the usual modifications by IP routers) then LRO should be disabled > > on all devices for which forwarding is enabled. > > I believe this is still undoubtedly the consensus. With virtio we are getting packets from a linux host, so we could thinkably preserve packets exactly even with LRO. I am guessing other hardware could be doing this as well. I am not sure what information would need to be preserved - could someone help clarify please? -- MST _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
