netdev - Re: [RFC/PATCH] ipg: add jumbo frame support kconfig option

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0802270942070.19136@sbz-30.cs.Helsinki.FI>
Date:	Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:44:44 +0200 (EET)
From:	Pekka J Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
cc:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>, romieu@...zoreil.com,
	sorbica@...lus.com.tw, jesse@...lus.com.tw,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] ipg: add jumbo frame support kconfig option

Hi,

Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > Please don't do this as a config option. Config options seem like a good
> > idea to developers but are difficult for distributions.  Either 
> > support jumbo frames by default or not at all.

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Agreed, but to be more specific... always compile in jumbo frame 
> support. You don't have to enable it at runtime by default, though.

Ok, so a sysfs attribute would be sufficient, I suppose? I don't have the 
hardware though, so I don't even know if the jumbo frame code actually 
works at this point hence the RFC. So I'll wait for someone to test this 
before sending a new patch. Thanks for the review!

			Pekka
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