Re: [PATCH] Ethernet Bridging: Enable Hardware Checksumming

["David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Nivedita Singhvi <niv@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 17:03:51 -0700

> I think this is a good thing to have, gives us performance
> gain (equivalent to using/not using checksum offload) and
> has very little impact on the bridging layer, and is
> independent of the virtualization stuff..

I agree but keep in mind that when bridging over non-checksumming
devices it will be more expensive.  Especially for TCP.