RE: [RFC] r8169 : why SG / TX checksum are default disabled

 David Miller [mailto:davem@davemloft.net] 

Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 3:00 PM
To: Hayeswang
Cc: romieu@fr.zoreil.com; eric.dumazet@gmail.com; 
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] r8169 : why SG / TX checksum are default disabled

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I still have not seen a good explanation why the chip modifies fields
in the packet, such as the length, when we ask it only to compute the
checksum?

I don't know the history and the detail about the bug. I think only our designer
could answer your question. I guess it is a careless mistake.
 
Best Regards,
Hayes