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Bug #8980

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Disabling hardware checksums does not disable IPv6 transmit checksum

Added by Jim Pingle about 6 years ago. Updated about 6 years ago.

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Renato Botelho
Category:
Interfaces
Target version:
2.4.4-p1
Start date:
09/30/2018
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
Plus Target Version:
Release Notes:
Affected Version:
2.4.4
Affected Architecture:
All

Description

system_advanced_network.php, checking "Disable hardware checksum offload" disables most checksum options but not TXCSUM_IPV6 (txcsum6, IPv6 transmit checksum)

Option unchecked:

igb0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
    options=6400bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,VLAN_HWTSO,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>

Option checked:

igb0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
    options=4400b8<VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,VLAN_HWTSO,TXCSUM_IPV6>

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