| Message ID | 20170109121555.4592-1-tobias.regnery@gmail.com |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted, archived |
| Delegated to: | David Miller |
| Headers | show |
From: Tobias Regnery <tobias.regnery@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 13:15:55 +0100 > The code to handle rx checksumming was in the driver since its introduction > but for reasons unknown the feature flag was left out. Now it is possible > to enable this feature with ethtool. > > Tested on my AR8161 ethernet card, there are no regressions observed in > netperf if this feature is enabled. > > Signed-off-by: Tobias Regnery <tobias.regnery@gmail.com> Applied, thanks.
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/main.c index c66195d00ed4..4c80e0689db9 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/main.c @@ -1816,6 +1816,7 @@ static int alx_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent) netdev->hw_features = NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_HW_CSUM | + NETIF_F_RXCSUM | NETIF_F_TSO | NETIF_F_TSO6;
The code to handle rx checksumming was in the driver since its introduction but for reasons unknown the feature flag was left out. Now it is possible to enable this feature with ethtool. Tested on my AR8161 ethernet card, there are no regressions observed in netperf if this feature is enabled. Signed-off-by: Tobias Regnery <tobias.regnery@gmail.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/main.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)