From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan.liu@linux.intel.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/8] virtio/lib:add vhost TX checksum support capabilities
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 09:31:14 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151111093114.46bb40ee@xeon-e3> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20151111082657.GZ2326@yliu-dev.sh.intel.com>
On Wed, 11 Nov 2015 16:26:57 +0800
Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan.liu@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 02:40:41PM +0800, Jijiang Liu wrote:
> > Add vhost TX offload(CSUM and TSO) support capabilities.
>
> Claiming first that we support something, and then actually implementing
> in a later patch is wrong, as at this stage, we actually does not support
> that, hence, the functionality is broken.
>
> --yliu
Actually in this case it is okay to claim that driver "might" use offload
cabability but never do it. But agree in general better to keep both together.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-11-11 17:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-11-11 6:40 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/8] add virtio offload support in us-vhost Jijiang Liu
2015-11-11 6:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/8] driver/virtio:add virtual address for virtio net header Jijiang Liu
2015-11-11 6:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/8] driver/virtio:record virtual address of " Jijiang Liu
2015-11-11 6:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/8] virtio/lib:add vhost TX checksum support capabilities Jijiang Liu
2015-11-11 8:26 ` Yuanhan Liu
2015-11-11 17:31 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2015-11-12 1:41 ` Yuanhan Liu
2015-11-11 6:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 4/8] virtio/lib:dequeue vhost TX offload Jijiang Liu
2015-11-11 6:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 5/8] sample/vhost:remove ip_hdr structure defination Jijiang Liu
2015-11-11 8:34 ` Yuanhan Liu
2015-11-11 10:05 ` Thomas Monjalon
2015-11-11 6:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 6/8] examples/vhost:support TX offload in vhost sample Jijiang Liu
2015-11-11 6:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 7/8] virtio/lib:add virtio guest offload capabilities Jijiang Liu
2015-11-11 8:31 ` Yuanhan Liu
2015-11-11 8:38 ` Liu, Jijiang
2015-11-11 8:44 ` Yuanhan Liu
2015-11-11 8:53 ` Liu, Jijiang
2015-11-11 8:57 ` Xu, Qian Q
2015-11-11 11:10 ` Liu, Jijiang
2015-11-11 10:08 ` Thomas Monjalon
2015-11-11 12:53 ` Yuanhan Liu
2015-11-11 6:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 8/8] virtio/lib:add guest offload handle Jijiang Liu
2015-11-11 8:23 ` Yuanhan Liu
2015-11-11 10:19 ` Thomas Monjalon
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