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Re: What is the state of TCP offload support in the kernel?




To: patrick%klos.com@localhost

Subject: Re: What is the state of TCP offload support in the kernel?

From: Bill Stouder-Studenmund <wrstuden%netbsd.org@localhost>

Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 17:08:13 -0800


On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 10:29:03AM -0800, patrick%klos.com@localhost wrote:
> What is the current state of TCP offload support in the NetBSD kernel?  I 
> don't mean TCP checksumming or LSO, but actually allowing the adapter to
> manage the entire TCP connection?
> 
> I'm currently porting the driver for a TOE card to NetBSD (from FreeBSD), and 
> I know the manufacturer wants TOE support in NetBSD as well, but I couldn't
> find any refernece in the code.  Sorry if I didn't find any obvious info 
> searching the tech-net archives.

As Matt noted, we don't support this yet. What did FreeBSD have to add to 
make it work?

Take care,

Bill

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