From owner-freebsd-hackers  Wed Sep 18 22:08:41 1996
Return-Path: owner-hackers
Received: (from root@localhost)
          by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA12538
          for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 18 Sep 1996 22:08:41 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from mail.crl.com (mail.crl.com [165.113.1.22])
          by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA12507
          for <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>; Wed, 18 Sep 1996 22:08:35 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from root.com (implode.root.com) by mail.crl.com with SMTP id AA18991
  (5.65c/IDA-1.5 for <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>); Wed, 18 Sep 1996 22:09:10 -0700
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by root.com (8.7.5/8.6.5) with SMTP id WAA01346; Wed, 18 Sep 1996 22:07:26 -0700 (PDT)
Message-Id: <199609190507.WAA01346@root.com>
X-Authentication-Warning: implode.root.com: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol
To: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>
Cc: rohit@cs.UMD.EDU, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Giant Sized Ethernet Packets 
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 18 Sep 1996 21:49:57 PDT."
             <199609190449.VAA01049@rah.star-gate.com> 
From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
Reply-To: dg@root.com
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 22:07:26 -0700
Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
X-Loop: FreeBSD.org
Precedence: bulk

>>From The Desk Of David Greenman :
>> >I was wondering if it is possible to send giant sized ethernet packets (>150
>0
>> >bytes say 1550) using the current 'de' driver for the SMC 10/100 DEC 21140 
>> >cards.
>> 
>>    No.
>
>Sorry, the answer is yes.... Is just that Julian and I did this on the
>contractual committment and if anybody knows the procedure to integrate
>or release the code is Julian.

   The current 'de' driver does NOT support sending larger than 1500 byte
frames. If you have patches or something, then that's another thing - but
that's not what was asked.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project