Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: sungem - ifconfig eth0 mtu 1300 -> oops | From | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <> | Date | Tue, 22 Jun 2004 11:03:34 -0500 |
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On Tue, 2004-06-22 at 10:04, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Chris Friesen wrote: > > Just a quick question. Does the sungem chip support jumbo frames? I'd > > like to use MTU of 9000 to make large local transfers more efficient, > > but it didn't seem to work last time I checked. > > > Are you 100% certain you configured the other side to support jumbo? > > Jumbo frames are non-standard, and sometimes require configuring MTU on > the switch or remote network card (if directly connected).
Well, it's not enabled in the driver I think, or at least it wasn't last time I looked. Dave told me the chip fifo's are too small to do anything useful with jumbo frames.
Ben.
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