Re: [PATCH] 2.6.27-rc9 QGLE make unsupported page size explicit compile failure

[David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:53:29 -0700

> My explanation might not have been very good.  What I was trying to say
> is that the macro in question determines the size of a scatter/gathter
> list that is external to the TX descriptor.  The size is based on
> MAX_SKB_FRAGS and PAGE_SIZE.  When PAGE_SIZE is larger than 8k I don't
> need the external scatter/gather list because all frags will fit in the
> native TX descriptor.

Yes, it all makes sense now, thanks Ron.

Patch applied.
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