Subject: Re: Default offload settings in Ethernet drivers

From: Rick Jones <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:10:51 -0800

> Go get a kill-a-watt meter and real hardware and measure.
> I don't think there will be any difference. Linux (mainline) doesn't
> do TOE. It does do segmentation offload, and any driver that can
> do segmentation offload enables it by default.

Further, it would seem reasonable to expect if a NIC has a feature the 
driver does not enable by default, the implication is that feature is 
not yet ready for regular use.

rick jones