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[PATCH] Configurable tap interface MTU

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From: Ed Swierk <eswierk@...>
To: <netdev@...>, <maxk@...>
Cc: <linux-kernel@...>
Subject: [PATCH] Configurable tap interface MTU
Date: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 10:42 am

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.

Signed-off-by: Ed Swierk <eswierk@arastra.com>

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[PATCH] Configurable tap interface MTU, Ed Swierk, (Tue Sep 11, 10:42 am)
Re: [PATCH] Configurable tap interface MTU, Herbert Xu, (Tue Sep 11, 11:29 pm)
Re: [PATCH] Configurable tap interface MTU, Ed Swierk, (Wed Sep 12, 12:54 pm)
Re: [PATCH] Configurable tap interface MTU, David Miller, (Sun Sep 16, 3:22 pm)
Re: [PATCH] Configurable tap interface MTU, Rick Jones, (Tue Sep 11, 1:20 pm)