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Message-ID: <4703D9B6.109@tmr.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:04:38 -0400
From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com>
To: pomac@...or.com
CC: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>, Linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sky2: jumbo frame regression fix
Ian Kumlien wrote:
> On tis, 2007-10-02 at 18:02 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
>> Remove unneeded check that caused problems with jumbo frame sizes.
>> The check was recently added and is wrong.
>> When using jumbo frames the sky2 driver does fragmentation, so
>> rx_data_size is less than mtu.
>
> Confirmed working.
>
> Now running with 9k mtu with no errors, =)
Have you verified that you are actually getting jumbo packets out of the
NIC? I had one machine which did standard packets silently using sky2
and jumbo using sk98lin. I was looking for something else with tcpdump
and got one of those WTF moments when I saw all the tiny packets.
--
Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com>
"We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
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