netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] igb: Allow extra 4 bytes on RX for vlan tags.

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Message-ID: <AANLkTi=wwZRe4y0s0jOUHafywJT_Ag=RRnrM9DeUQhJ+@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 11 Feb 2011 07:46:18 -0800
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	greearb@...delatech.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] igb: Allow extra 4 bytes on RX for vlan tags.

On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 13:59,  <greearb@...delatech.com> wrote:
> From: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
>
> This allows the NIC to receive 1518 byte (not counting
> FCS) packets when MTU is 1500, thus allowing 1500 MTU
> VLAN frames to be received.  Please note that no VLANs
> were actually configured on the NIC...it was just acting
> as pass-through device.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
> ---
> :100644 100644 58c665b... 30c9cc6... M  drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c
>  drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c |    5 +++--
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>

Thanks Ben, I have added the patch to my queue of igb patches.

-- 
Cheers,
Jeff
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