> On Oct 5, 2015, at 9:23 AM, Tom Herbert <t...@herbertland.com> wrote:
> 
> 4) To help drivers for devices with limited offload capabilities we'll
> define a helper function to check for typical restrictions (.e.g. IPv4
> only, TCP/UDP only. no encapsulation, no IPv6 extension headers,
> etc.). I am working on this helper function and will send RFC shortly.

FWIW, ixgbe probably won't use the IPv6 extension header check, because I am 
working on simply adding offload support for it. It seems to me that if segment 
routing becomes used, in some places there will be enough traffic with it 
present to want it offloaded. Well, maybe ixgbe should use the extension header 
check until I get the offload support done, but that is it.

Are there any good tools for testing IPv6 extension headers? It seems that it 
hasn't been tested up to this point or the ixgbe problem would have been 
noticed, so it would be good to introduce a good tool to test it properly.

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Mark Rustad, Networking Division, Intel Corporation

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