Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:20:53 -0700 | From | Rick Jones <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Configurable tap interface MTU |
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Ed Swierk wrote: > This patch makes it possible to change the MTU on a tap interface. > Increasing the MTU beyond the 1500-byte default is useful for > applications that interoperate with Ethernet devices supporting jumbo > frames. > > The patch caps the MTU somewhat arbitrarily at 16000 bytes. This is > slightly lower than the value used by the e1000 driver, so it seems > like a safe upper limit.
FWIW the OFED 1.2 bits take the MTU of IPoIB up to 65520 bytes :)
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