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Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:20:53 -0700 From: Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com> To: Ed Swierk <eswierk@...stra.com> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, maxk@...lcomm.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Configurable tap interface MTU Ed Swierk wrote: > This patch makes it possible to change the MTU on a tap interface. > Increasing the MTU beyond the 1500-byte default is useful for > applications that interoperate with Ethernet devices supporting jumbo > frames. > > The patch caps the MTU somewhat arbitrarily at 16000 bytes. This is > slightly lower than the value used by the e1000 driver, so it seems > like a safe upper limit. FWIW the OFED 1.2 bits take the MTU of IPoIB up to 65520 bytes :) rick jones - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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