[openib-general] enable GSO over IPoIB

Roland Dreier rdreier at cisco.com
Tue Oct 10 08:22:57 PDT 2006


    >> We also need to patch the userlevel utility to support ibX
    >> interface. Now it only supports ethX.

Is this really even true?  Surely ethtool supports people who rename
their ethX interfaces to something else, even ibX?  For example on my
system I can do the following:

    # ip link set eth1 name ib5
    # ethtool ib5
    Settings for ib5:
            Supported ports: [ TP ]
            Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                    100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
                                    1000baseT/Full
            Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
            Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                    100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
                                    1000baseT/Full
            Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
            Speed: Unknown! (65535)
            Duplex: Unknown! (255)
            Port: Twisted Pair
            PHYAD: 0
            Transceiver: internal
            Auto-negotiation: on
            Supports Wake-on: umbg
            Wake-on: g
            Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
            Link detected: no

So what's the problem exactly?

 - R.




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