Bug: Setting e1000g mtu in opensolaris crashes os

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loomy
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Bug: Setting e1000g mtu in opensolaris crashes os

Post by loomy »

SXCE b94 installed into VirtualBox on Windows host.

mtu set with "dladm set-linkprop -p mtu=9000 e1000whatever".

Restart OS, the OS does not start.

Reported here: http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/1877
klaus
Oracle Corporation
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Post by klaus »

Jumbo frames are not supported at the moment by VirtualBox. They will get silently dropped, both for transmission and receiving packets. However I have no explanation for the boot hang, except that the same would also happen on a real pc connected to a switch without jumbo frame support.

We've tried to trigger bugs in VirtualBox using jumbo frames, and didn't manage to do so. If you suspect you managed exactly that, please provide more details.
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