Since many packets have the same checksum starting offset and insertion
location; the driver can save the last information and only tell hardware
when it changes.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
--- sky2.orig/drivers/net/sky2.c 2006-08-28 10:00:08.000000000 -0700
+++ sky2/drivers/net/sky2.c 2006-08-28 10:00:13.000000000 -0700
@@ -1280,12 +1280,17 @@
if (skb->nh.iph->protocol == IPPROTO_UDP)
ctrl |= UDPTCP;
- le = get_tx_le(sky2);
- le->tx.csum.start = cpu_to_le16(hdr);
- le->tx.csum.offset = cpu_to_le16(offset);
- le->length = 0; /* initial checksum value */
- le->ctrl = 1; /* one packet */
- le->opcode = OP_TCPLISW | HW_OWNER;
+ if (hdr != sky2->tx_csum_start || offset !=
sky2->tx_csum_offset) {
+ sky2->tx_csum_start = hdr;
+ sky2->tx_csum_offset = offset;
+
+ le = get_tx_le(sky2);
+ le->tx.csum.start = cpu_to_le16(hdr);
+ le->tx.csum.offset = cpu_to_le16(offset);
+ le->length = 0; /* initial checksum value */
+ le->ctrl = 1; /* one packet */
+ le->opcode = OP_TCPLISW | HW_OWNER;
+ }
}
le = get_tx_le(sky2);
--- sky2.orig/drivers/net/sky2.h 2006-08-28 09:59:36.000000000 -0700
+++ sky2/drivers/net/sky2.h 2006-08-28 10:00:13.000000000 -0700
@@ -1843,6 +1843,8 @@
u32 tx_addr64;
u16 tx_pending;
u16 tx_last_mss;
+ u16 tx_csum_start;
+ u16 tx_csum_offset;
struct ring_info *rx_ring ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
struct sky2_rx_le *rx_le;
--
Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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