Re: [PATCH net v2] net: dsa: tag_rtl4_a: Bump min packet size

[Florian Fainelli]

On 10/30/2023 5:37 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 01:09:06AM +0200, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 11:57:33PM +0100, Linus Walleij wrote:
> > > This of course make no sense, since the padding function should do nothing
> > > when the packet is bigger than 60 bytes.
> >
> > Indeed, this of course makes no sense. Ping doesn't work, or ARP doesn't
> > work? Could you add a static ARP entry for the 192.168.1.137 IP address?
>
> Probably the ARP, since they are short packets and probably need the
> padding.

Does this also mean that there is a general problem with unicast 
packets, and that broadcast packets happen to work by accident? Could 
you check whether a broadcast ping (ping -b) size sweep is immune to 
what you are reporting?
--
Florian