6.2 mtu now limits size of incomming packet
Julian Elischer
julian at elischer.org
Fri Jul 20 18:34:53 UTC 2007
Eli Dart wrote:
>
>
> Stephen Clark wrote:
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>>>
>> So was any decision reached on this issue - will FreeBSD changed to
>> accept a packet on an
>> interface that is larger than the mtu on that interface?
>
> If possible, I'd like to see the ability to enforce interface MTU for
> received packets preserved in a sysctl if it is removed for the default
> config... In other words, something like:
>
> net.link.mtu_limits_received_pktsize = 0|1
>
> Then, default it to 0 to preserve 4.x behavior.
what would this achieve?
Answering himself.. it MAY allow a driver to optimise a bit by not needing to cope
with the posibility of receiving jubo packets?
I can not think of any other reason..
(except to break networks that are apparently working fine).
>
> Thanks,
>
> --eli
>
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