From: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@redhat.com>
To: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>,
Paul P Komkoff Jr <i@stingr.net>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MTU vlan-related patch for tulip (2.4.x)
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 17:37:11 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20011210173710.C3323@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20011210225759.B11450@stingr.net> <3C15146D.BA780B43@mandrakesoft.com> <3C1515E6.9C6EC26@mandrakesoft.com> <3C15197C.7050708@candelatech.com>
In-Reply-To: <3C15197C.7050708@candelatech.com>; from greearb@candelatech.com on Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 01:22:20PM -0700
On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 01:22:20PM -0700, Ben Greear wrote:
> I think Becker once told me that there was no need to increase
> the 1536 number (it is already plenty big, and has some extra space
> in it already)...
You are correct: standard ethernet packet size is 1500 + 6 + 6 + 4 if
the crc is included. Of course, some drivers use part of the memory
in the packet for the rx descriptor....
-ben
prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-12-10 22:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-12-10 19:57 [PATCH] MTU vlan-related patch for tulip (2.4.x) Paul P Komkoff Jr
2001-12-10 20:00 ` Jeff Garzik
2001-12-10 20:07 ` Jeff Garzik
2001-12-10 20:22 ` Ben Greear
2001-12-10 22:37 ` Benjamin LaHaise [this message]
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