RE: [net] e1000: Small packets may get corrupted during padding by HW

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From: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org]
On Behalf Of David Miller
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 9:31 AM
To: Dave, Tushar N
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Subject: Re: [net] e1000: Small packets may get corrupted during padding
by HW

From: "Dave, Tushar N" <redacted>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:33:12 +0000

quoted

No because it is quite normal to have packet < ETH_ZLEN. e.g. ARP

packets.

You're optimizing for ARP packets?  You're kidding right?

ARP packet was just an example. I should have thought of better example.