From a65820e6956782af6c5330749ae37222350d8d3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Axtens Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 18:05:31 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] docs: segmentation-offloads.txt: update for UFO depreciation UFO is deprecated except for tuntap and packet per 0c19f846d582, ("net: accept UFO datagrams from tuntap and packet"). Update UFO docs to reflect this. Signed-off-by: Daniel Axtens Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- Documentation/networking/segmentation-offloads.txt | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/segmentation-offloads.txt b/Documentation/networking/segmentation-offloads.txt index 2f09455a993a..2cda12ab7075 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/segmentation-offloads.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/segmentation-offloads.txt @@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ datagram into multiple IPv4 fragments. Many of the requirements for UDP fragmentation offload are the same as TSO. However the IPv4 ID for fragments should not increment as a single IPv4 datagram is fragmented. +UFO is deprecated: modern kernels will no longer generate UFO skbs, but can +still receive them from tuntap and similar devices. Offload of UDP-based +tunnel protocols is still supported. + IPIP, SIT, GRE, UDP Tunnel, and Remote Checksum Offloads ======================================================== -- 2.30.2