Subject: Re: RFC: on [ab]use of skb->cb by VLAN code

From: Rick Jones <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:56:39 -0700

> Do we really need an 'unsigned int' for mac_len?  Maybe we could use
> a 16-bit counter here, and then use the other 16 bits for the VLAN bits?

Not knowing exactly if/how it interacts with that specific field I will 
point-out that IPoIB in OFED 1.2 just took their MTU to 65520.  While that 
doesn't break the bitbank it does get rather close.

rick jones