Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 10 Dec 2001 17:37:11 -0500 | From | Benjamin LaHaise <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] MTU vlan-related patch for tulip (2.4.x) |
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On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 01:22:20PM -0700, Ben Greear wrote: > I think Becker once told me that there was no need to increase > the 1536 number (it is already plenty big, and has some extra space > in it already)...
You are correct: standard ethernet packet size is 1500 + 6 + 6 + 4 if the crc is included. Of course, some drivers use part of the memory in the packet for the rx descriptor....
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