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[NET]: netdevice mtu assumptions documentation
authorStephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
Sun, 8 Jul 2007 06:03:44 +0000 (23:03 -0700)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>
Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:18:47 +0000 (22:18 -0700)
commit9e76f7a607db1856415e1e033fcde7fb491600c8
tree6a92042d97191913b8d72f700ede468f726fbbbb
parente61d01c208ad186ad27fc39a1e2ea028d2f32d96
[NET]: netdevice mtu assumptions documentation

Document the expectations about device MTU handling.
The documentation about oversize packet handling is probably too
loose.

IMHO devices should drop oversize packets for robustness,
but many devices allow it now. For example, if you set mtu to 1200
bytes, most ether devices will allow a 1500 byte frame in.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt