Subject: Re: kern/34935: if_re_pci.c needs updating
To: None <kern-bug-people@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 10/30/2006 02:10:03
The following reply was made to PR kern/34935; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
To: yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp (YAMAMOTO Takashi)
Cc: tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp, gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org,
kern-bug-people@NetBSD.org, gnats-admin@NetBSD.org,
netbsd-bugs@NetBSD.org
Subject: Re: kern/34935: if_re_pci.c needs updating
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 21:03:28 -0500
yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp (YAMAMOTO Takashi) writes:
> if it can't be done efficiently enough, there is no point to
> do the offloading at all.
It is only inefficient for very small packets. I think it is fine. In
any case, we are better off being in sync with the FreeBSD driver --
they have the manpower to maintain it.
Perry