linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 2/2] net: deprecate eth_change

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Message-Id: <20161017.124954.360760874377344385.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Mon, 17 Oct 2016 12:49:54 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     kubakici@...pl
Cc:     jarod@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 2/2] net: deprecate eth_change_mtu, remove
 usage

From: Jakub Kicinski <kubakici@...pl>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2016 17:20:06 +0100

> Please correct me if I'm wrong but it seems like we are now limiting
> _all_ ethernet drivers to ETH_DATA_LEN in net-next.

No, because the driver can increase the netdev->max_mtu value as needed.