linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Configurable tap interface MTU

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Message-Id: <20070916.122217.68050499.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:22:17 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eswierk@...stra.com
Cc:	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	maxk@...lcomm.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Configurable tap interface MTU

From: "Ed Swierk" <eswierk@...stra.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:54:35 -0700

> On 9/11/07, Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> wrote:
> > Please make it 65535 without an Ethernet header and 65521
> > with an Ethernet header.
> 
> Here is a revised patch that allows MTUs up to 65535 for tap
> interfaces and up to 65521 for tun interfaces.
> 
> (If I set the MTU to 65521 on a tun interface, ping complains "message
> too long" when I send a 65521-byte packet; 65520 works okay, though.)

Applied to net-2.6.24

Please provide a proper Signed-off-by: line and a full
changelog with every patch submission and revision in
the future.

Thanks.

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