Re: #540: "jumbo" frames

In message <CABkgnnURYFsYq7WwSKpSbE8XXjUBFxcXTDJVkD5H5ByZyriKXA@mail.gmail.com>
, Martin Thomson writes:

>1. Assuming L1 is the 14 bits in the header and L2 is the 64 bits
>before the payload, is the length of the frame:
>  a. L2
>  b. L1 << 64 | L2
>  c. L2 << 14 | L1
>  d. L1 + L2
>  e. ?

If we make L2 8 byte wide, I'd prefer a)

>2. If the bit is set, do the 8 additional bytes count toward this number?

I'd prefer "no"


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Received on Wednesday, 25 June 2014 19:03:09 UTC