netdev - Re: Minimum MTU Mess

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Date:   Tue, 06 Sep 2016 16:55:29 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jarod@...hat.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Minimum MTU Mess

From: Jarod Wilson <jarod@...hat.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2016 13:07:42 -0400

> In any case, the number of "mtu < 68" and "#define FOO_MIN_MTU 68", or
> variations thereof, under drivers/net/ is kind of crazy.

Agreed, we can have a default and let the different cases provide
overrides.

Mostly what to do here is a function of the hardware though.