From owner-freebsd-arch Tue Sep 3 20:25: 3 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EDF937B401 for ; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 20:24:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from out5.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net (out5.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net [169.207.3.123]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2AD143E3B for ; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 20:24:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from silby@silby.com) Received: from pop2.nwbl.wi.voyager.net (pop2.nwbl.wi.voyager.net [169.207.3.115]) by out5.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net (8.12.3/8.11.4/1.7) with ESMTP id g843Opr8007956; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 22:24:51 -0500 Received: from [10.1.1.6] (d107.as14.nwbl0.wi.voyager.net [169.207.134.107]) by pop2.nwbl.wi.voyager.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id g843Oo189745; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 22:24:50 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 22:28:22 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Silbersack To: Terry Lambert Cc: "Justin C. Walker" , Subject: Re: Ethernet packet padding: How much is legal? Message-ID: <20020903222619.H8025-100000@patrocles.silby.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG (Sorry for the odd quoting, I'm not subscribed to arch, and am cutting/pasting.) --- 1) The patch says "800", not "600"; is this is mistake, or is it just a case of "the more bytes, the merrier"? --- The more the merrier; it was just a proof of concept patch, and the limits will certainly change. --- Probably the best person to ask on this would be CGD of NetBSD fame, who is currently working at Broadcom, which acquired sibyte ; (a product wihch does processing like this). -- Terry --- Ok, I'll look him up and ask. Mike "Silby" Silbersack To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message