linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v5 6/8] thunderbolt: Networking transmit and receive

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Date:	Mon, 1 Aug 2016 04:30:50 +0000
From:	"Levy, Amir (Jer)" <amir.jer.levy@...el.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	"stephen@...workplumber.org" <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
	"andreas.noever@...il.com" <andreas.noever@...il.com>,
	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"bhelgaas@...gle.com" <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	"corbet@....net" <corbet@....net>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
	thunderbolt-linux <thunderbolt-linux@...el.com>,
	"Westerberg, Mika" <mika.westerberg@...el.com>,
	"Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v5 6/8] thunderbolt: Networking transmit and receive

On Sun, Jul 31 2016, 09:45 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: "Levy, Amir (Jer)" <amir.jer.levy@...el.com>
> Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2016 10:15:52 +0000
> 
> > The network stack thinks it is Ethernet, it might not accept Runt
> > frames, so the driver pads the frame in receive.
> 
> The network stack doesn't care about this at all.  It's wasted effort on your
> part.

Great, I'll remove this code.