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Re: [PATCH 2.6.12-rc4] IPv4/IPv6: UDP Large Send Offload feature

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.12-rc4] IPv4/IPv6: UDP Large Send Offload feature
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 12:03:11 -0700 (PDT)
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From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 08:57:13 -0700

> The only downside is that it might encourage continued use of NFS over UDP.
> Perhaps we need a big fat warning in NFS that says:
> 
> *** Your using NFS over UDP, your data integrity is no longer guaranteed;
> *** you have been warned.

I agree, I think the NFS client should print out something
like this when it mounts a volume over UDP for the first
time.

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