X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=drivers%2Fnet%2Fvirtio%2Fvirtio_ethdev.c;h=2ac2523ba7d0146220cd709fbbb2cfa106b0f76d;hb=d67d86ce5b0a149946f86161e507402ddce2038d;hp=4b6f004c836ce6dcabd0dd799ae98d9d673c48e9;hpb=ec9f3d122a58934a2c52ae984be7114d03234a11;p=dpdk.git

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
index 4b6f004c83..2ac2523ba7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
@@ -1671,12 +1671,13 @@ virtio_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 			return ret;
 	}
 
-	/* Virtio does L4 checksum but not L3! */
-	if (rxmode->hw_ip_checksum) {
-		PMD_DRV_LOG(NOTICE,
-			    "virtio does not support IP checksum");
-		return -ENOTSUP;
-	}
+	/* The name hw_ip_checksum is a bit confusing since it can be
+	 * set by the application to request L3 and/or L4 checksums. In
+	 * case of virtio, only L4 checksum is supported.
+	 */
+	if (rxmode->hw_ip_checksum)
+		req_features |= (1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_CSUM);
+
 	if (rxmode->enable_lro)
 		req_features |=
 			(1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_TSO4) |
@@ -1689,6 +1690,13 @@ virtio_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 			return ret;
 	}
 
+	if (rxmode->hw_ip_checksum &&
+		!vtpci_with_feature(hw, VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_CSUM)) {
+		PMD_DRV_LOG(NOTICE,
+			"rx checksum not available on this host");
+		return -ENOTSUP;
+	}
+
 	if (rxmode->enable_lro &&
 		(!vtpci_with_feature(hw, VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_TSO4) ||
 			!vtpci_with_feature(hw, VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_TSO4))) {