From: Rask Ingemann Lambertsen <rask@sygehus.dk>
To: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com, jgarzik@pobox.com
Subject: Re: [EXPERIMENTAL PATCH] 2.4 tulip jumbo frames
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 15:32:42 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031219153242.B1390@sygehus.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031209224906.M53356@sygehus.dk>; from rask@sygehus.dk on Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 12:40:02AM +0100
On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 12:40:02AM +0100, Rask Ingemann Lambertsen wrote:
> That said, even checking CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q is probably flawed too, because
> ideally, even when building a kernel without VLAN support, you should be able
> to use the bridging support in a VLAN environment. IMHO. I mean, if this is
> not the case, please remind me why we need VLAN patches in the first place
> since setting an MTU of 1496 bytes works with every Ethernet board and driver.
Further, why is it not the responsibility of vconfig to ensure that the MTU
of the VLAN device is 4 lower than that of the underlying, "bare" Ethernet
device?
--
Regards,
Rask Ingemann Lambertsen
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-19 14:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-09 15:06 [EXPERIMENTAL PATCH] 2.4 tulip jumbo frames Rask Ingemann Lambertsen
2003-12-09 16:45 ` Jeff Garzik
2003-12-09 21:32 ` Rask Ingemann Lambertsen
2003-12-09 22:38 ` Ben Greear
2003-12-09 23:40 ` Rask Ingemann Lambertsen
2003-12-19 14:32 ` Rask Ingemann Lambertsen [this message]
2003-12-20 6:22 ` Ben Greear
2003-12-13 17:29 ` Rask Ingemann Lambertsen
2004-05-27 19:29 ` Ben Greear
2003-12-09 17:28 ` Ben Greear
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