[virtio-dev] [PATCH] virtio-net: use mtu size as buffer length for big packets

Parav Pandit
Tue, 09 Aug 2022 18:42:22 -0000

> From: Si-Wei Liu <si-wei.liu at oracle.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2022 2:39 PM

> Currently it is not. Not a single patch nor this patch, but the context for
the
> eventual goal is to allow XDP on a MTU=9000 link when guest users
> intentionally lower down MTU to 1500.

Which application benefit by having asymmetry by lowering mtu to 1500 to send
packets but want to receive 9K packets?