[CentOS] Cannot set MTU != 1500 on Intel NIC
Timo Schoeler
timo.schoeler at riscworks.net
Tue Aug 24 09:59:52 UTC 2010
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thus Gordon Messmer spake:
> On 08/23/2010 09:22 AM, Timo Schoeler wrote:
>> I'm amused about PeeCee hardware (sorry, only half of a pun intended)...
>> There's those two NICs on board of a *server* grade machine, a 82573E
>> and a 82573L. One of them is just *broken* (see above).
Hi,
> Actually, both of them are broken. One of them has a workaround
> available for its brokenness.
yep, I read the driver's source (and hey, they do comment their code! ;)...
For me, it's dead silicon. I know, even CPUs may have hundreds of
errata, but shipping and selling crappy NIC chipsets is something that
collides with my universe.
YMMV, tho.
Timo
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