Re: time for TCP ECN defaulting to on?

From: David Miller
Date: Wed Nov 05 2008 - 00:59:12 EST


From: "Michael Chan" <mchan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:16:03 -0800

> I think this is no longer a limitation. The GSO code will take care
> of ECN properly if the hardware does not support it when doing TSO.

Hmm, good point, but if that is what happens I don't know if I agree
with it.

If "take care of ECN" means doing TSO in software, that's in my
opinion the wrong thing to do.
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