RE: [PATCH net-next] net: hns3: Add support to change MTU in hardware & netdev

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Hi Andrew,

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Andrew Lunn [mailto:andrew@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Friday, August 18, 2017 5:02 PM
> > To: Salil Mehta
> > Cc: davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Zhuangyuzeng (Yisen); lipeng (Y);
> > mehta.salil.lnk@xxxxxxxxx; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-
> > kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-rdma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Linuxarm
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: hns3: Add support to change MTU in
> > hardware & netdev
> >
> > > for example,
> > > file: drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
> > > static int init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct
> pci_device_id
> > *ent)
> > >
> > >  		netdev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT;
> > >
> > > +		/* MTU range: 81 - 9600 */
> > > +		netdev->min_mtu = 81;
> > > +		netdev->max_mtu = MAX_MTU;
> >
> > In this cause, the driver is not using the default values. So it sets
> > them.
> >
> > Anyway, try it. After your alloc_etherdev_mqs(), print the value of
> > min_mtu. It should already be set to MIN_ETH_MTU.
> I understand your point. In this case, I would like to keep the
> range being set by the driver just to be more explicit.
> So for now keep this initialization in the driver?
Removed the min_mtu initialization from the driver code and added a
comment over it to be explicit. Please have a look at the V2 patch.

Thanks
Salil
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