On Fri, 2014-04-04 at 16:48 -0400, Vlad Yasevich wrote:
> When changing the interface mtu, the driver starts with a value
> that doesn't include VLAN_HLEN.  Later tests in the driver
> set the rx_buffer_len based on the mtu.  As a result, when
> the user increases the mtu to 1504 (to support 802.1AD for example),
> the driver rx_buffer_len does not change and frames longer
> the 1522 bytes are rejected as too long.
> 
> Include VLAN_HLEN from the start so that an user mtu greater then
> 1500 bytes is correctly reflected in the driver rx_buffer_len.
> 
> CC: [email protected]
> CC: Jeff Kirsher <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Thanks Vlad, I will add the patch to my queue.

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