Re: [PATCH 1/4] pch_gbe: Fix transmit queue management

[Eric Dumazet]

On Mon, 2013-12-02 at 11:16 -0500, David Miller wrote:

> Fragment lists are not to be found in the transmit function of the
> driver.  Any such SKBs will be linearized or similar first.  We do
> want to support them in some capacity in the future, but right now
> we don't.

Right. Such skb are segmented before reaching the driver, unless driver
asserts NETIF_F_FRAGLIST.

So far, only virtual drivers and 2 or 3 others advertise
NETIF_F_FRAGLIST 'support'.

I suspect that the '2 or 3 others' are plain bugs, I'll check this.


--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/