[ofa-general] Re: [PATCH v2 for-2.6.27] IPOIB:  add LRO support.
    Roland Dreier 
    rdreier at cisco.com
       
    Tue Jun 24 13:56:10 PDT 2008
    
    
  
To be honest this looks like a step backwards...
 > +static ssize_t show_use_lro(struct device *d, struct device_attribute *attr,
 > +			 char *buf)
 > +{
 > +	struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv = netdev_priv(to_net_dev(d));
 > +
 > +	if (priv->lro.use_lro)
 > +		return sprintf(buf, "yes\n");
 > +	else
 > +		return sprintf(buf, "no\n");
 > +}
This looks like a crazy interface ("yes"/"no" vs 1/0??) and in any case
I think using the existing ethtool support to control LRO would be much
simpler and better for users.
 - R.
    
    
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