netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] net: systemport: pad packets to a minimum of 64 bytes

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Message-Id: <20140507.160017.522180583853675022.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 07 May 2014 16:00:17 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	f.fainelli@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] net: systemport: pad packets to a
 minimum of 64 bytes

From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Date: Mon,  5 May 2014 12:20:52 -0700

> The switch fabric which is used behind the Broadcom SYSTEMPORT Ethernet
> controller will discard any incoming packet that is not 64 bytes or
> more. Since the UniMAC hardware automatically pads up to the specified
> length, we can simply ensure we instruct it to transmit >= 64 bytes
> packets.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

Please resubmit with an adjusted commit log as discussed in this
thread, thanks.
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