Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:22:24 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/1] cxgb3i: cxgb3 iSCSI initiator | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Steve Wise <swise@opengridcomputing.com> Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:20:07 -0500
> David Miller wrote: > > From: Roland Dreier <rdreier@cisco.com> > > Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:09:02 -0700 > > > > > >> > We turn it off. If I want to shape or filter one of these iSCSI > >> > connections can we turn it off? > >> > >> That seems like a reasonable idea to me -- the standard thing to do when > >> a NIC offload conflicts with something else is to turn off the offload > >> and fall back to software. > >> > > > > But as Herbert says, we can make LRO such that turning it off > > isn't necessary. > > > > Can we shape the iSCSI offload traffic without turning it off? > > > > With Chelsio's product you can do this. Maybe Divy can provide details?
When I say shape I mean apply any packet scheduler, any netfilter module, and any other feature we support.
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