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RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Increase MAX_SKBUFF_ORDER


  • To: "Philip R. Auld" <pauld@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: "Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:08:44 -0000
  • Delivery-date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:08:47 +0000
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xensource.com>
  • Thread-index: AcXmN48fUhvwcd0nTiWbBVbu4kZPwwAAyt0Q
  • Thread-topic: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Increase MAX_SKBUFF_ORDER

 
>       The recent (changeset 7700) switch to use the 
> architecture specific skbuff allocation routine breaks with 
> very large MTU sizes.
> The below patch raises the MAX_SKBUFF_ORDER to 3. Could this 
> be applied to make it the default?

I suspect the only reason things worked for you before was that you were
relying on swiotlb. (enabled if you have >2GB). I need to think through
the implactions of changing MAX_SKBUFF_ORDER...

Ian

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