Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:58:39 -0800 (PST)
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Subject: Re: time for TCP ECN defaulting to on?
From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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From: "Michael Chan" <mchan@broadcom.com>
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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