[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/4] ethdev: fix max Rx packet length

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Thu, 22 Jul 2021 13:15:04 +0300
Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko at oktetlabs.ru> wrote:

> > I don't think we care about type of transmission in this level, I assume we
> > define min MTU mainly for the HW limitation and configuration. That is why it
> > makes sense to me to use Ethernet frame lenght limitation (not IPv4 one).  
> 
> +1

Also it is important that DPDK follow the conventions of other software
such as Linux and BSD. Cisco and Juniper already disagree about whether
header should be included in what is defined as MTU; i.e Cisco says 1514
and Juniper says 1500.