A pbuf of PBUF_POOL_BUFSIZE is alloctated for every pbuf_alloc of PBUF_POOL. So 
PBUF_POOL_BUFSIZE must be the same or larger than any incoming our outgoing 
packet that’s going to use a pbuf_alloc to obtain a packet buffer.  I had a 
similar problem to yours in not adding ETH_PAD_SIZE (2) to PBUF_POOL_BUFSIZE 
and every pbuf_alloc for a packet had a chained pbuf with the second pbuf 
containing the 2 bytes. 

 

PBUF_POOL_BUFSIZE doesn’t constrain the incoming our outgoing packet size – 
it’s the maximum size that’s going to be used for all PBUF_POOL pbuf_allocs.

 

Bill

 

 

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[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
Gary Spivey
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 5:47 PM
To: Mailing list for lwIP users
Subject: Re: [lwip-users] Incoming packet bigger than PBUF_POOL_BUFSIZE

 

Thanks, this doesn’t yet work for me … but it does change the problem and leads 
me to another question that might help.

 

It appears that the buffer allocate does not give me a buffer of the size 
requested, but constructs a chain of buffers whose total size is what has been 
requested. 

What I have been doing is getting the buffer address and copying the entire 
received Ethernet buffer into that address. With this change, it seems clear 
that I cannot do this, but that I have to manage the copy into this chain of 
buffers. Is there an lwip-provided method to do this, or do I just need to 
follow the chain myself? I am looking through the documentation, but I haven’t 
found anything yet.

 

-Gary

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