Re: [PATCH] net: tulip: xircom_cb: drop runt frames before skb copy

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Fri, 31 Jul 2026 22:56:02 +0200 Pablo Vallespín Aranguren wrote:
> > Have you checked that that hardware can actually set a short value?
> > I'd expect that packets shorter than 64 bytes (including the crc) are
> > dropped as 'runts' and probably don't even use a ring entry.  
> 
> I haven't verified how the real Xircom firmware handles runt frames (I
> don't own this hardware). I tested with Qemu's emulated NIC, the device
> itself does validate and reject negative-size values before sending them
> to the driver.

Are you related to Greg KH in any way? You use the same slop tag.
Just curious.

Please send a patch to delete this driver if you want to help.
It's ancient.