netdev - [PATCH] [ROSE] ax25_send_frame() called with a constant paclen = 260

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Date:	Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:49:11 +0100
From:	Bernard Pidoux <pidoux@....jussieu.fr>
To:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	Ralf Baechle DL5RB <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] [ROSE] ax25_send_frame() called with a constant paclen =
 260

Hi,

In rose_link.c ax25_send_frame() was called with a constant paclen 
parameter of 260 bytes.
This value looked odd to me for it did not correspond to any defined or 
possible computed length.Replacing this value by 0 (zero) allowed 
ax25_send_frame() to substitute it by the default AX25 frame size, which 
in turn induced significant results on the AX25 frame fragmentation and 
removed some garbage trailing characters in AX25 frames sent.

signed off by Bernard Pidoux, f6bvp@...at.org

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