netdev - Re: [PATCH 001/001] smsc95xx: Fix hard_header

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Date:	Thu, 16 Aug 2012 10:57:51 +0100
From:	Steve Glendinning <steve@...well.net>
To:	JamesBetts <jimbob.betts@...glemail.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 001/001] smsc95xx: Fix hard_header_len

Hi James,

Thanks for spotting this, I don't think I've ever tested this device with IMQ.

> -       dev->net->hard_header_len += SMSC95XX_TX_OVERHEAD_CSUM;
> -       dev->hard_mtu = dev->net->mtu + dev->net->hard_header_len;
> +       dev->net->needed_headroom = SMSC95XX_TX_OVERHEAD_CSUM;
> +       dev->hard_mtu = dev->net->mtu + dev->net->hard_header_len +
> dev->net->needed_headroom;

I'm unsure what we *should* be setting hard_header_len and
needed_headroom to.  David?

Thanks,
--
Steve Glendinning
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