git: 5da388d93917 - main - vtnet: deprecate loader tunable fixup_needs_csum
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Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 21:44:00 UTC
The branch main has been updated by tuexen:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=5da388d93917f5fa74022960cc65452592f71539
commit 5da388d93917f5fa74022960cc65452592f71539
Author: Timo Völker <timo.voelker@fh-muenster.de>
AuthorDate: 2025-09-16 21:37:45 +0000
Commit: Michael Tuexen <tuexen@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2025-09-16 21:37:45 +0000
vtnet: deprecate loader tunable fixup_needs_csum
If this tunable is enabled and vtnet receives a packet with
VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM set, vtnet computes the TCP/UDP checksum
and writes it in the checksum field.
This was somewhat useful when vtnet pretended that such a packet has
a correct checksum and set the mbuf flag CSUM_DATA_VALID.
But this is not the case anymore.
Reviewed by: tuexen
MFC after: 3 days
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D52546
---
share/man/man4/vtnet.4 | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/share/man/man4/vtnet.4 b/share/man/man4/vtnet.4
index 1df79da5f42e..0594ca70e99a 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/vtnet.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/vtnet.4
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd September 8, 2025
+.Dd September 16, 2025
.Dt VTNET 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ field of the structure
.Vt struct virtio_net_hdr .
It also marks the checksum as being correct in the mbuf packet header.
The default value is 0.
+This tunable is deprecated and will be removed in
+.Fx 16 .
.It Va hw.vtnet.tso_disable
.It Va hw.vtnet. Ns Ar X Ns Va .tso_disable
This tunable disables TCP segmentation offloading.