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Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 17:37:11 -0500
From: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@redhat.com>
To: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] MTU vlan-related patch for tulip (2.4.x)
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On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 01:22:20PM -0700, Ben Greear wrote:
> I think Becker once told me that there was no need to increase
> the 1536 number (it is already plenty big, and has some extra space
> in it already)...

You are correct: standard ethernet packet size is 1500 + 6 + 6 + 4 if 
the crc is included.  Of course, some drivers use part of the memory 
in the packet for the rx descriptor....

		-ben
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