Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 4/6] net: ethernet: implement data transaction interface

From: Parthiban.Veerasooran
Date: Tue Sep 19 2023 - 06:14:04 EST


Hi Andrew,

On 18/09/23 6:31 pm, Andrew Lunn wrote:
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>>>> +#define MAX_ETH_LEN 1536
>>>
>>> Where do 1536 come from? Maybe this needs an OA_TC6 prefix to make it
>>> clear this is specific to this protocol?
>> Ah it is a mistake. It is supposed to be an ethernet packet size which
>> is 1518 (1500 bytes MTU size + 18 bytes overhead) and it is not from OA.
>> It is a mistake and will correct it in the next version.
>
> Please try to express this using ETH_DATA_LEN + sizeof(struct
> oa_tc6_overhead). Doing it like this will avoid errors like this since
> it is also part documentation.
Ok, in my case the define would be,

#define MAX_ETH_LEN (ETH_DATA_LEN + ETH_HLEN + ETH_FCS_LEN)

Best Regards,
Parthiban V

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> Andrew