Re: #540: "jumbo" frames

On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 07:02:41PM +0000, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> 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"

I agree with Poul-Henning on both responses. They are the choices with the
least operations and the least chances of doing the wrong thing.

Willy

Received on Wednesday, 25 June 2014 19:18:53 UTC