Yes the patch is still needed. Setting the MTU smaller than a normal packet will cause the frame to be IP fragmented. So you should be seeing at least 2 packets on the wire being IP fragments. Use wireshark (or something similar) to make sure those packets make it to on to the wire.
Cheers, John > -----Original Message----- > From: Jagdish Motwani [mailto:jagdish.motw...@elitecore.com] > Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 1:57 AM > To: e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [E1000-devel] igb: cannot receive packets bigger than mtu > > Hi list, > I am facing a strange issue with igb driver. > > If i set my mtu to 1000, then ping -s 1200 does not work. (the > same thing works with e1000e interface) > > On further debugging, i reached > http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/? > id=ec54d7d6e40b04c16dfce0e41e506198a20c8645 > > Reverting the patch, i was able to ping. > > The commit message states that it is a fix for skb_over panic. Is > this fix still required? > > Regards, > Jagdish Motwani > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get > end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics > Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. > Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.cl > ktrk > _______________________________________________ > E1000-devel mailing list > E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel > To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit > http://communities.intel.com/community/wired ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.intel.com/community/wired
