This turned out to be a limitation of the box we are using, there is apparently 
hardware between the ixgbevf chip and the fiber.

Joe Buehler

> I am unable to send frames larger than 9216 bytes (destination MAC through 
> trailing CRC inclusive) using ixgbevf hardware with latest netmap code 
> (LINUX).
> 
> What is the source of this limitation?  From the chip datasheet it appears 
> that much larger frames are supported.
> 
> There is mention of 9216 in some of the driver source files but as an MTU, 
> the max frame size is larger.
> 
> Joe Buehler
> 
> 

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