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    SubjectRe: [PATCH net] r8152: Fix broken RX checksums.
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    From: Mark Lord <mlord@pobox.com>
    Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2016 19:28:27 -0400

    > The r8152 driver has been broken since (approx) 3.16.xx
    > when support was added for hardware RX checksums
    > on newer chip versions. Symptoms include random
    > segfaults and silent data corruption over NFS.
    >
    > The hardware checksum logig does not work on the VER_02
    > dongles I have here when used with a slow embedded system CPU.
    > Google reveals others reporting similar issues on Raspberry Pi.
    >
    > So, disable hardware RX checksum support for VER_02, and fix
    > an obvious coding error for IPV6 checksums in the same function.
    >
    > Because this bug results in silent data corruption,
    > it is a good candidate for back-porting to -stable >= 3.16.xx.
    >
    > Signed-off-by: Mark Lord <mlord@pobox.com>

    Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.

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