Driver drop incoming packets >= 1515(1) if MTU is set between 1515(1) and 1536. 1) exact number depends on some factors: - VLAN tagged or not - patch "r8169: Fix card drop incoming VLAN tagged MTU byte large jumbo frames" applied or not Bonus: got rid of magic number 8 Signed-off-by: Raimonds Cicans --- --- linux-2.6.31/drivers/net/r8169.c.orig 2009-11-06 21:52:12.722326601 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.31/drivers/net/r8169.c 2009-11-06 22:09:17.242224014 +0200 @@ -2229,9 +2229,9 @@ static void __devexit rtl8169_remove_one static void rtl8169_set_rxbufsize(struct rtl8169_private *tp, struct net_device *dev) { - unsigned int mtu = dev->mtu; + unsigned int max_frame = dev->mtu + VLAN_ETH_HLEN + ETH_FCS_LEN; - tp->rx_buf_sz = (mtu > RX_BUF_SIZE) ? mtu + ETH_HLEN + 8 : RX_BUF_SIZE; + tp->rx_buf_sz = (max_frame > RX_BUF_SIZE) ? max_frame : RX_BUF_SIZE; } static int rtl8169_open(struct net_device *dev)