netdev - Re: [PATCH] tulip: Fix for MTU problems with 802.1q tagged frames

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Date:	Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:43:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	grundler@...isc-linux.org
Cc:	ivecera@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, kyle@...artin.ca,
	szpajder@...szic.waw.pl
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tulip: Fix for MTU problems with 802.1q tagged frames

From: Grant Grundler <grundler@...isc-linux.org>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 11:13:22 -0700

> On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 11:21:34AM +0100, Ivan Vecera wrote:
> > The original patch was submitted last year but wasn't discussed or applied
> > because of missing maintainer's CCs. I only fixed some formatting errors,
> > but as I saw tulip is very badly formatted and needs further work.
> > 
> > Original description:
> > This patch fixes MTU problem, which occurs when using 802.1q VLANs. We
> > should allow receiving frames of up to 1518 bytes in length, instead of
> > 1514.
> > 
> > Based on patch written by Ben McKeegan for 2.4.x kernels. It is archived
> > at http://www.candelatech.com/~greear/vlan/howto.html#tulip
> > I've adjusted a few things to make it apply on 2.6.x kernels.
> > 
> > Tested on D-Link DFE-570TX quad-fastethernet card.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Tomasz Lemiech <szpajder@...szic.waw.pl>
> > Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Grant Grundler <grundler@...isc-linux.org>

Applied to net-next-2.6, thanks everyone.
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