From: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 11:31:17 -0700
> Document the expectations about device MTU handling. > The documentation about oversize packet handling is probably too > loose. > > IMHO devices should drop oversize packets for robustness, > but many devices allow it now. For example, if you set mtu to 1200 > bytes, most ether devices will allow a 1500 byte frame in. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Applied, thanks Stephen. I agree that drivers should drop oversized frames, otherwise setting up PMTU test scenerios is more difficult than it really needs to be. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html