On Sun, 2 Feb 2003 02:39:41 +0100, Joakim Tjernlund <Joakim.Tjernlund@lumentis.se> wrote:
>
> I think HW checksumming and SG are independent. Either one of them should
> not require the other one in any context.
They should be independent in general, but they aren't when the particular
case of TCP/IPv4 is concerned.
> Zero copy sendfile() does not require HW checksum to do zero copy, right?
Wrong...
> If HW checksum is present, then you get some extra performance as a bonus.
You get zerocopy, yes. :-) No HW cksum, no zerocopy.
Don't let this stop you, however. It's always possible that other networking
stacks will eventually make use of SG while not requiring HW TCP/UDP cksums.
None of them do right now, but...
> (hmm, one could make SG mandatory and the devices that don't support it can
> implement it in their driver. Just an idea)
Not really, that way lies driver madness. The less complexity in the driver,
the better.
Ion
[starfire driver maintainer]
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