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From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@freebsd.org>
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<<On Fri, 8 Mar 2013 12:13:28 -0800, Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> said:

> Yes, in the past the code was in this form, it should work fine Garrett,
> just make sure
> the 4K pool is large enough.

I take it then that the hardware works in the traditional way, and
just keeps on using buffers until the packet is completely written,
then sets a field on the ring descriptor saying "the end of the packet
is HERE"?

I'll give that change a try when I get a chance.

-GAWollman