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| author | Daniel Axtens <dja@axtens.net> | 2018-02-14 18:05:31 +1100 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2018-02-14 14:52:38 -0500 |
| commit | a65820e6956782af6c5330749ae37222350d8d3f (patch) | |
| tree | 6e53ee564cbe949beaef73248fc57472a953f064 /Documentation/networking/segmentation-offloads.txt | |
| parent | 080fe7aa18a29781c4db1d77ca5cb1dd4f68fb44 (diff) | |
| download | lwn-a65820e6956782af6c5330749ae37222350d8d3f.tar.gz lwn-a65820e6956782af6c5330749ae37222350d8d3f.zip | |
docs: segmentation-offloads.txt: update for UFO depreciation
UFO is deprecated except for tuntap and packet per 0c19f846d582,
("net: accept UFO datagrams from tuntap and packet"). Update UFO
docs to reflect this.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Axtens <dja@axtens.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/segmentation-offloads.txt b/Documentation/networking/segmentation-offloads.txt index 2f09455a993a..2cda12ab7075 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/segmentation-offloads.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/segmentation-offloads.txt @@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ datagram into multiple IPv4 fragments. Many of the requirements for UDP fragmentation offload are the same as TSO. However the IPv4 ID for fragments should not increment as a single IPv4 datagram is fragmented. +UFO is deprecated: modern kernels will no longer generate UFO skbs, but can +still receive them from tuntap and similar devices. Offload of UDP-based +tunnel protocols is still supported. + IPIP, SIT, GRE, UDP Tunnel, and Remote Checksum Offloads ======================================================== |