netdev - Re: [PATCH] 2.6.27-rc9 QGLE make unsupported page size explicit compile failure

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Message-Id: <20081013.225614.55382681.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:56:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ron.mercer@...gic.com
Cc:	matthew@....cx, grundler@...isc-linux.org, linux-driver@...gic.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.6.27-rc9 QGLE make unsupported page size explicit
 compile failure

From: Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@...gic.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:53:29 -0700

> My explanation might not have been very good.  What I was trying to say
> is that the macro in question determines the size of a scatter/gathter
> list that is external to the TX descriptor.  The size is based on
> MAX_SKB_FRAGS and PAGE_SIZE.  When PAGE_SIZE is larger than 8k I don't
> need the external scatter/gather list because all frags will fit in the
> native TX descriptor.

Yes, it all makes sense now, thanks Ron.

Patch applied.
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