Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:44:52 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3 RFC] pktgen: Allow sending TCP packets | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Cong Wang <cwang@twopensource.com> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:41:47 -0700
> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 1:42 PM, Zoltan Kiss <zoltan.kiss@citrix.com> wrote: >> This is a prototype patch to enable sending TCP packets with pktgen. The >> original motivation is to test TCP GSO with xen-netback/netfront, but I'm not >> sure about how the checksum should be set up, and also someone should verify the >> GSO settings I'm using. >> > > What's the point of sending TCP packets since you don't establish a TCP > connection?
I guess they want to test checksumming and aggregation, things like that.
The other side is of course going to spew reset packets back at the pktgen machine.
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