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Re: skb_checksum_help

To: Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: skb_checksum_help
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 15:31:16 -0800
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On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:14:14 -0800
Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'd leave everything to the driver.

I agree with Ben.  We've learned often in the past, especially
with VLAN, that it is often better to let the driver explicitly
say it can do something rather then assuming anything in
particular.

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