[ECOS] RedBoot: discarding Ethernet frames when out of pktbufs?

[Jonathan Larmour]

Grant Edwards wrote:
> 
> What I'm thinking about is not calling eth_drv_read() unless
> there's a pktbuf available.  I can make sure that my Ethernet
> driver does what I want when the Rx frame FIFO overflows, but
> I'm curious: would this approach will cause problems with other
> Ethernet drivers?

IMHO: It may do, but if so that's a bug. Drivers should be tolerant of the
Rx FIFO (or equivalent) filling up in case data is ever received faster
than it can be processed.

Jifl
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