Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/1] cxgb3i: cxgb3 iSCSI initiator

[David Miller]

From: Roland Dreier <rdreier@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:07:51 -0700

> Yes, that's the question -- are stateless offloads (plus CRC32C in the
> CPU etc) going to give good enough performance that the whole TCP
> offload exercise is pointless?

This is by definition true, over time.  And this has stedfastly proven
itself, over and over again.

That's why we call stateful offloads a point in time solution.
They are constantly being obsoleted by time.
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