netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2 v2] network: Allow af_packet to transmit +4 bytes for VLAN packets.

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Date:	Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:18:38 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	greearb@...delatech.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2 v2] network: Allow af_packet to transmit +4 bytes
 for VLAN packets.

Le vendredi 11 février 2011 à 11:35 -0800, greearb@...delatech.com a
écrit :
> From: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
> 
> This allows user-space to send a '1500' MTU VLAN packet on a
> 1500 MTU ethernet frame.  The extra 4 bytes of a VLAN header is
> not usually charged against the MTU when other parts of the
> network stack is transmitting vlans...
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>


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