Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 22:36:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@current1.whistle.com> To: rohit@cs.UMD.EDU Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Giant Sized Ethernet Packets Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.960918223202.3098A-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <199609190233.WAA18658@darling.cs.UMD.EDU>
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funny you should mentionned that.. we use the above mentionned hardware to produce GIANT packets on a proprietary network.. your packets are basically normal Our packets are 15.5KB. i.e. 10x noraml size. If you look in the DE driver you will see references to #ifdef BIG_PACKET these are for us (TRW) On Wed, 18 Sep 1996 rohit@cs.UMD.EDU wrote: > > Hi, > > I was wondering if it is possible to send giant sized ethernet packets (>1500 > bytes say 1550) using the current 'de' driver for the SMC 10/100 DEC 21140 HAH! call that a giant packet? THIS is a Giant packet... "TRW image system "BP protocol" :) > cards. > > If not, would somebody know if this is possible with the above h/w > at all? > > Any pointers to other h/w over which giant packets are possible would ohhhhh yeaaaahhhhh, 1550? just change the mtu :) Our stuff requires a little differnt programming of the chip. > be appreciated. > > Thanks in advance. > > Rohit. > (rohit@cs.umd.edu) > > PS: Please CC any repsonses to rohit@cs.umd.edu. I have limited internet > connectivity and therefore am currently not subscribed to the > hackers list. >
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