[Oberon] MTU and Ethernet NIC drivers.
PETER EASTHOPE
peasthope at shaw.ca
Fri May 8 00:44:45 MEST 2009
Jörg
> But a standard Ethernet MTU (not being a Jumbo Frame)
> is defined as 1500 bytes.
>
> So, with the 14 bytes Ethernet header this makes 1514.
>
> - I guess the 4 byte CRC is NOT included in that "MaxPkt".
> If CRC is included, "MaxPkt" should be 1518.
>
> - I guess the 4 byte VLAN is not included either. Else
> the "MaxPkt" should be 1522
Given this, the code conforms to standards although
not in the most obvious manner. The CRC is mandatory?
With studying the code more, I should confirm all you
have said.
Thanks, ... Peter
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