Re: [PATCH 2.6.14-rc2] aoe [1/2]: explicitly set minimum packet length to ETH_ZLEN

On Llu, 2005-09-26 at 12:50 -0400, Ed L Cashin wrote:
> >  	skb = alloc_skb(len, GFP_ATOMIC);
> 
> This change fixes some strange problems observed on a system that was
> using the e1000 network driver.  Is the network driver supposed to
> ensure that ethernet packets are up to spec, at least 60 bytes long?

The network driver is supposed to pad frames if the hardware cannot and
to blank the spare bits. If it isn't occurring please try and trace down
the offender.

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