netdev - Re: [PATCH] virtio_net: large tx MTU support

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Message-Id: <200811272300.58151.rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Date:	Thu, 27 Nov 2008 23:00:56 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Mark McLoughlin <markmc@...hat.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	virtualization <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio_net: large tx MTU support

On Thursday 27 November 2008 00:28:11 Mark McLoughlin wrote:
> We don't really have a max tx packet size limit, so allow configuring
> the device with up to 64k tx MTU.

Hi Mark,

Just one comment: maybe we should be conservative and maybe limit to 1500 if 
the host doesn't offer any of the GSO or MRG_RXBUF features?

Thanks,
Rusty.
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