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Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 20:46:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: Joel Jaeggli <joelja@darkwing.uoregon.edu>
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To: BALBIR SINGH <balbir.singh@wipro.com>
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Subject: RE: MTU discovery
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does ieee 802.3z specify a standard? I don;t have a copy handy.

joelja

On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, BALBIR SINGH wrote:

> Actually not, the Intel driver/card supports a size of
> 
> look into e1000_mac.h
> 
> #define MAX_JUMBO_FRAME_SIZE         0x3F00 (which is  16128).
> 
> The bottom line is 9000 is not the limit, it is
> just the beginning of jumbo frame sizes.
> 
> Balbir
> 
> |-----Original Message-----
> |From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org 
> |[mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Joel Jaeggli
> |Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 3:32 AM
> |To: Bill Davidsen
> |Cc: Olivier Galibert; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> |Subject: Re: MTU discovery
> |
> |
> |
> |9000 is the limit on gigabit ethernet, other media type have different 
> |maximum frame sizes (ie 4470 on fddi, 9216 on pos oc12 interfaces). 
> |
> 
> 

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