Re: PATCH: VLAN support for 3c59x/3c90x

From: Jeff Garzik (jgarzik_at_pobox.com)
Date: 07/31/04

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    Date:	Sat, 31 Jul 2004 12:05:03 -0400
To: Willy Tarreau <willy@w.ods.org>

    Willy Tarreau wrote:
    > Hi Jeff,
    >
    > On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 05:34:41AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
    >
    >>Willy Tarreau wrote:
    >>
    >>> - many (all ?) other drivers already have an MTU parameter, and many
    >>
    >>s/many/almost none/
    >
    >
    > Ok, sorry, I've just checked, they are 6. But I incidentely used the feature
    > on 2 of them (dl2k and starfire). But more drivers still have the
    > 'static int mtu=1500' preceeded by a comment stating "allow the user to change
    > the mtu". Why is it not a #define then, if nobody can change it anymore ?

    People can change it all the time with ifconfig.

    > Jeff, do you know the absolute hardware limit on the tulip ? I've seen the

    It depends on the tulip.

    Look at Donald Becker's tulip.c for reference, it has full ->change_mtu
    support (as does 3c59x.c I believe).

            Jeff

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