Re: kern/46961: Please support BCM57762 Ethernet arapter(Apple'sThunderbolt Ethernet Adapter)

[Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/46961; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>
To: rjs%fdy2.co.uk@localhost
Cc: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost
Subject: Re: kern/46961: Please support BCM57762 Ethernet 
arapter(Apple'sThunderbolt
         Ethernet Adapter)
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 23:19:21 +0900

 > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 02:53:10AM +0900, Izumi Tsutsui wrote:
 >  > >  One possibility is for supporting PPPoE.
 >  > 
 >  > I've already checked that sys/net/if_pppoe.c has:
 >  > >> #define PPPOE_MAXMTU   (ETHERMTU - PPPOE_OVERHEAD)
 >  >  :
 >  > >>        sc->sc_sppp.pp_if.if_mtu = PPPOE_MAXMTU;
 >  > so I guess pppoe packets won't be larger than ETHER_MAX_LEN.
 > 
 > Our pppoe implementation can use slightly larger packets.
 > 
 > There is code lower down in sys/net/if_pppoe.c that tests against
 > PPPOE_MAXMTU.
 > 
 > Please don't change this.
 
 I don't understand what you mean.
 
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 Izumi Tsutsui