netdev - Re: [PATCH] tulip: Fix for MTU problems with 802.1q tagged frames

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Message-ID: <20090308195316.GA11260@bombadil.infradead.org>
Date:	Sun, 8 Mar 2009 15:53:17 -0400
From:	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...radead.org>
To:	Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, grundler@...isc-linux.org,
	kyle@...artin.ca, Tomasz Lemiech <szpajder@...szic.waw.pl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tulip: Fix for MTU problems with 802.1q tagged frames

On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 11:21:34AM +0100, Ivan Vecera wrote:
> The original patch was submitted last year but wasn't discussed or applied
> because of missing maintainer's CCs. I only fixed some formatting errors,
> but as I saw tulip is very badly formatted and needs further work.
> 
> Original description:
> This patch fixes MTU problem, which occurs when using 802.1q VLANs. We
> should allow receiving frames of up to 1518 bytes in length, instead of
> 1514.
> 
> Based on patch written by Ben McKeegan for 2.4.x kernels. It is archived
> at http://www.candelatech.com/~greear/vlan/howto.html#tulip
> I've adjusted a few things to make it apply on 2.6.x kernels.
> 
> Tested on D-Link DFE-570TX quad-fastethernet card.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tomasz Lemiech <szpajder@...szic.waw.pl>
> Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com>
>

Feel free to add Acked-by or Tested-by: Kyle McMartin
<kyle@...artin.ca>, it doesn't cause any regressions on any of my tulip
cards.

regards, Kyle
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