Re: bizarre em + TSO + MSS issue in RELENG_7

From: Jack Vogel <jfvogel_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:04:14 -0800
On Nov 17, 2007 9:44 PM, Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It seems that em(4) uses EM_TSO_SIZE(64K) to create DMA tag. A packet
> can have 64K payload under TSO so its the mximum size of the mbuf
> chain would be 64K + sizeof(link layer). So I guess the EM_TSO_SIZE
> should be increased to hold sizeof(link layer).
> It had been a long time since I looked into em(4) so I'm not sure.

Hmm, you are right about this Pyun, I think this should be fixed, although
I do not see how that would effect this since Mike's payloads are always
way under this. Still I'll keep this in mind to be changed. Thanks for pointing
it out.

Jack
Received on Sun Nov 18 2007 - 23:04:26 UTC

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