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Re: [Xen-devel] netchannel vs MAX_SKB_FRAGS (Was: Re: [PATCH] xen/netfront: handle compound page fragments on transmit)



> 
> Given that it's a backend limitation and not a protocol limitation then it's
> probably not for documentation to define. Instead it may be more useful if
> the protocol itself allowed the backend to notify the frontend of its
> fragmentation constraints (and probably vice versa).
> 

That would be good. It would have been nice if the feature-sg defined the 
maximum number of fragments but I guess that can't be changed now without 
breaking backwards compatibility.

James

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