Re: Various 802.1Q VLAN driver patches.

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>]

Patrick Schaaf wrote:
> > Ben Greear wrote:
> > > --- linux-2.4.16/drivers/net/eepro100.c Mon Nov 12 18:47:18 2001
> > > +++ linux/drivers/net/eepro100.c        Tue Dec 18 11:36:11 2001
> > > @@ -510,12 +510,12 @@
> > >   static const char i82557_config_cmd[CONFIG_DATA_SIZE] = {
> > >          22, 0x08, 0, 0,  0, 0, 0x32, 0x03,  1, /* 1=Use MII  0=Use AUI */
> > >          0, 0x2E, 0,  0x60, 0,
> > > -       0xf2, 0x48,   0, 0x40, 0xf2, 0x80,              /* 0x40=Force full-duplex */
> > > +       0xf2, 0x48,   0, 0x40, 0xfa, 0x80,              /* 0x40=Force full-duplex */
> > >          0x3f, 0x05, };
> > >   static const char i82558_config_cmd[CONFIG_DATA_SIZE] = {
> > >          22, 0x08, 0, 1,  0, 0, 0x22, 0x03,  1, /* 1=Use MII  0=Use AUI */
> > >          0, 0x2E, 0,  0x60, 0x08, 0x88,
> > > -       0x68, 0, 0x40, 0xf2, 0x84,              /* Disable FC */
> > > +       0x68, 0, 0x40, 0xfa, 0x84,              /* Disable FC */
> > >          0x31, 0x05, };

> This patch, from all I know using it, does exactly one thing: it permits
> receiving (and sending) slightly larger frames, for setting the MTU on the
> base interface to 1504, so the VLAN interfaces themselves can run the
> normal 1500 byte MTU.

Thanks.

Can you be more specific?
Does this (a) set eepro100 h/w max mtu to 1504, or (b) enable h/w vlan
de-tagging, or (c) enable h/w support for non-standard frame sizes?
Any idea what the max h/w frame size is?

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