[dpdk-dev] about rx checksum flags

Olivier MATZ olivier.matz at 6wind.com
Tue May 31 21:11:59 CEST 2016



On 05/31/2016 10:09 AM, Yuanhan Liu wrote:
> On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 05:26:21PM +0200, Olivier Matz wrote:
>>  PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_NONE: the L4 checksum is not correct in the packet
>>  data, but the integrity of the L4 header is verified.
>>   -> the application can process the packet but must not verify the
>>      checksum by sw. It has to take care to recalculate the cksum
>>      if the packet is transmitted (either by sw or using tx offload)
> 
> I like the explanation you made at [1] better :)
> 
> So in general, I think this proposal is good to have.

Thanks everyone for your feedback.

I'll try to send a first patch proposition soon.

Regards,
Olivier


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