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Re: [PATCH v3 1/8] public/io/netif: specify MTU override node



On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 09:01:55AM +0100, Paul Durrant wrote:
> From: Paul Durrant <pdurrant@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> There is currently no documentation to state what MTU a frontend should
> adertise to its network stack. It has however long been assumed that the
> default value of 1500 is correct.
> 
> This patch specifies a mechanism to allow the tools to set the MTU via a
> xenstore node in the frontend area and states that the absence of that node
> means the frontend should assume an MTU of 1500 octets.
> 
> NOTE: The Windows PV frontend has used an MTU sampled from the xenstore
>       node specified in this patch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant <pdurrant@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Wei Liu <wl@xxxxxxx>



 


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