netdev - Re: rtl8150: use default MTU of 1500

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Date:	Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:42:34 +0200 (EET)
From:	Petko Manolov <petkan@...leusys.com>
To:	Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@...tstofly.org>
cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jgarzik@...ox.com
Subject: Re: rtl8150: use default MTU of 1500

On Wed, 30 Jan 2008, Lennert Buytenhek wrote:

> The RTL8150 driver uses an MTU of 1540 by default, which causes a
> bunch of problems -- it prevents booting from NFS root, for one.

Agreed, although it is a bit strange how this particular bug has sneaked 
up for so long...


cheers,
Petko



> Signed-off-by: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@...tstofly.org>
> Cc: Petko Manolov <petkan@...leusys.com>
>
> --- linux-2.6.24-git7.orig/drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c	2008-01-24 23:58:37.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6.24-git7/drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c	2008-01-30 20:29:00.000000000 +0100
> @@ -925,9 +925,8 @@
> 	netdev->hard_start_xmit = rtl8150_start_xmit;
> 	netdev->set_multicast_list = rtl8150_set_multicast;
> 	netdev->set_mac_address = rtl8150_set_mac_address;
> 	netdev->get_stats = rtl8150_netdev_stats;
> -	netdev->mtu = RTL8150_MTU;
> 	SET_ETHTOOL_OPS(netdev, &ops);
> 	dev->intr_interval = 100;	/* 100ms */
>
> 	if (!alloc_all_urbs(dev)) {
>
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