[Tsvwg] Re: [tcpm] Re: [e2e] Are you interested in TOEs and related issues (Resend)

Barney Wolff barney at databus.com
Mon Mar 8 11:52:06 PST 2004


On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 10:26:55AM -0800, Rick Jones wrote:
> 
> Pinky TOE => Checksum Offload (CKO)
> Middle TOE => CKO + LSO (aka TSO or large send)
> Big TOE => Full TCP Offload

You forgot these:

Stubbed TOE => disabling TOE so tcpdump/snoop works
Broken TOE  => bug in firmware, difficult to diagnose

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