Re: [PATCH] Ethernet Bridging: Enable Hardware Checksumming

[Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 19 May 2005 08:13:40 -0700
Nivedita Singhvi <niv@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> David S. Miller wrote:
> 
> >>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.
> 
> Yep - as I just said to Herbert - perhaps worthwhile then
> conditional upon support of checksum offload & SG?

What about mixed device bridges?