RFC: TSO patch for current

[Andre Oppermann]

Prafulla Deuskar wrote:
> Andre Oppermann [andre at freebsd.org] wrote:
>> Prafulla Deuskar wrote:
>>> Jack Vogel [jfvogel at gmail.com] wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 9/2/06, Andre Oppermann <andre at freebsd.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I can't comment on the em part but the tcp_output.c stuff looks
>>>>> very much like a straight port from NetBSD.  If we take code from
>>>>> the other BSDs we have to remark this in the emails we send with
>>>>> patches and the commit message (otherwise we get accused of 'stealing
>>>>> without attribution').
>>>> I dont know that I'd call it a straight port, rather I was working from 
>>>> some
>>>> prototype code that Prafulla had working back on 4.7, but I think at that
>>>> time that he may have patterned it after NetBSD. 
>>> I don't think NetBSD had TSO support in 2002 when I first did the 4.7 
>>> patch for internal testing.
>> OK, perhaps they lifted it from your patch then.  They just looks awfully
>> similiar that's why I thought it came from NetBSD.
>>
> Your patch looks good and is the way to go.
> 
> So after Jack confirms that your patch works with the em driver
> would you commit to to -current?

Absolutely.  :-)

> The driver related changes can follow..
> 
> Later we also need to fix ifconfig so that user can enable/disable TSO on the interface. 

I'll do that together with the TSO code.

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Andre