Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-users] Release 0.9.10 of GPL PV Drivers for Windows / jumbo frames and xen netback changes

[Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 22/6/08 12:08, "James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> So long as you advertise feature-sg in xenstore then netback will allow
>> the
>> mtu to be increased to jumbo sizes. This doesn't happen automatically --
>> the
>> user will need to increase mtu both in the vif inside the guest and on the
>> vif exposed in dom0. But apart from that it will work!
>> 
> 
> Well then it may actually 'just work' in the windows drivers. The MTU is
> settable in the normal way for a windows network driver (although I've never
> tested it). If you do test it please let me know the outcome.
> 
> Keir: Have you ever considered having the back end publish its MTU to the
> frontend, so the two can be kept in sync?

Should the backend control the frontend in this respect, or vice versa?

 -- Keir



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