On Tue, 9 May 2017 14:44:36 +0200 Fredrik Markstrom <fredrik.markstrom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Currently veth drops all packets larger then the mtu set on the receiving > end of the pair. This is inconsistent with most hardware ethernet drivers. There is no guarantee that packets larger than MTU + VLAN tag will be received by hardware drivers. So why is this necessary for veth? What is your special use case which makes this necessary?