netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2 v2] network: Allow af_packet to transmit +4 bytes for VLAN packets.

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Date:	Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:26:49 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	greearb@...delatech.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2 v2] network: Allow af_packet to transmit +4 bytes
 for VLAN packets.

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:18:38 +0100

> Le vendredi 11 février 2011 à 11:35 -0800, greearb@...delatech.com a
> écrit :
>> From: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
>> 
>> This allows user-space to send a '1500' MTU VLAN packet on a
>> 1500 MTU ethernet frame.  The extra 4 bytes of a VLAN header is
>> not usually charged against the MTU when other parts of the
>> network stack is transmitting vlans...
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
>> ---
> 
> Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Applied to net-next-2.6, thanks.
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