> On 30 Jul 2016, at 15:58, Jakub Narębski <jnareb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > W dniu 30.07.2016 o 01:37, larsxschneider@xxxxxxxxx pisze: >> From: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@xxxxxxxxx> >> >> According to LARGE_PACKET_MAX in pkt-line.h the maximal lenght of a >> pkt-line packet is 65520 bytes. The pkt-line header takes 4 bytes and >> therefore the pkt-line data component must not exceed 65516 bytes. > > s/lenght/length/ Thanks! > Is it maximum length of pkt-line packet, or maximum length of data > that can be send in a packet? 65520 is the maximum length of a pkt-line. > With 4 hex digits, maximal length if pkt-line packet (together > with length) is ffff_16, that is 2^16-1 = 65535. Where does the > number 65520 comes from? Historic reasons, I guess? However, it won't be changed. See response from Peff here: http://public-inbox.org/git/20160726134257.GB19277%40sigill.intra.peff.net/ > >> >> Signed-off-by: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@xxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt | 6 +++--- >> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt b/Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt >> index bf30167..ecedb34 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt >> +++ b/Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt >> @@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ with non-binary data the same whether or not they contain the trailing >> LF (stripping the LF if present, and not complaining when it is >> missing). >> >> -The maximum length of a pkt-line's data component is 65520 bytes. >> -Implementations MUST NOT send pkt-line whose length exceeds 65524 >> -(65520 bytes of payload + 4 bytes of length data). >> +The maximum length of a pkt-line's data component is 65516 bytes. >> +Implementations MUST NOT send pkt-line whose length exceeds 65520 >> +(65516 bytes of payload + 4 bytes of length data). >> >> Implementations SHOULD NOT send an empty pkt-line ("0004"). >> >> > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html