Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 07:27:11 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sten_Daniel_S=F8rsdal?= <lists@wm-access.no> To: Dmitry Pryanishnikov <dmitry@atlantis.dp.ua> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: if_rl VLAN support in RELENG_4 Message-ID: <44B4882F.6060200@wm-access.no> In-Reply-To: <20060705125957.T30599@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua> References: <20060705125957.T30599@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua>
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Dmitry Pryanishnikov wrote: > > Hello! > > In RELENG_4, RealTek 8129/8139 driver rl(4) doesn't claim VLAN support > (when I assign vlandev rl0, my vlan device initially gets mtu 1496). In > modern (e.g. RELENG_6) systems if_rl claims native VLAN support. I've > tried setting 'ifconfig vlan0 mtu 1500' for rl-based vlan device, and > resulting interface Just Works (TM) (1500-byte packets trasmit and receive > correctly via such a vlan). So is it safe to use vlan with 'vlandev rl0' > and 'mtu 1500' in RELENG_4? Has anyone observed any ill-effects in such > a configuration? Would it be simple enough for if_rl in RELENG_4 to > just announce native VLAN support to the system? > > Sincerely, Dmitry Not necessarily. I would assume, without looking, that you would also need to enable oversized frame support. -- Sten Daniel Sørsdal
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