Re: Maximum size for sk_buff?

[Shine Mohamed <shinemohamed_j@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 07 February 2004 12:46, Shine Mohamed wrote:
> Dear Rogers,
>
> The maximum size of the skbuff depends on the underlying
> protocol used.
>
> For example if the network device is an ethernet card
> which using the protocol IEEE802.3 the maximum size
> is 1536 KB (Pls check for the exact value) per packet.

correction 1536 Bytes

>
> And if another standards such as IEEE802.11 it varies.
>
> Hope this shall help you...
>
> Regards,
> Shine Mohamed
>
> On Monday 02 February 2004 02:03, RogersWilliamJ@aol.com wrote:
> > I am writing a network device driver and would like to pre-allocate
> > receiving sk_buff's to save time.  In order to do this, I would like to
> > allocate maximum sized sk_buff's.
> >
> > Does sk_buff have a maximum size?  If so, what is it and is there a
> > reference?
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
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