In message <f29504995d96f5858b3ec69dae043fe1@3am-software.com>,
Matt Thomas writes:
>On Mar 11, 2005, at 8:35 AM, YAMAMOTO Takashi wrote:


>> i think it's better to move this into the driver of the "some HW"
>> because at least rtl8169 seems to need this "meaningless" value and
>> it's easier to clear the field than calculating it.
>
>Does the rtl8169 support tcp segment offload?  

Yes, the 8169 can do segment offload.

Matt, is there a big downside to undoing the change, leaving the prior
value, and zeroing the field in whatever drivers require the field to
be zero?