UNS: Re: Limits on jumbo mbuf cluster allocation

[Jack Vogel]

Yes, the write-back descriptor has a bit in the status field that says its
EOP (end of packet)
or not.

Jack


On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Garrett Wollman <wollman at freebsd.org>wrote:

> <<On Fri, 8 Mar 2013 12:13:28 -0800, Jack Vogel <jfvogel at gmail.com> said:
>
> > Yes, in the past the code was in this form, it should work fine Garrett,
> > just make sure
> > the 4K pool is large enough.
>
> I take it then that the hardware works in the traditional way, and
> just keeps on using buffers until the packet is completely written,
> then sets a field on the ring descriptor saying "the end of the packet
> is HERE"?
>
> I'll give that change a try when I get a chance.
>
> -GAWollman
>
>