Subject: Re: The ultimate TOE design

From: Jeff Garzik <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 18:31:12 -0400

David S. Miller wrote:
> Plus we have things like TSO too but that doesn't require a full Linux
> instance to realize on a networking port.
> Simple silicon implements this already.
> I don't see how that differs from your "big MTU" ideas.

WRT MTU:  if the card is a buffering endpoint, rather than a 
passthrough, the card deals with Path MTU and fragmentation, leaving the 
card<->host MTU at 64K, getting nice big fat frames.

	Jeff