[pve-devel] [PATCH pve-docs v2 1/1] qm: document new default behavior for mtu setting
Stefan Hanreich
s.hanreich at proxmox.com
Thu Apr 17 12:48:55 CEST 2025
The default behavior changed from setting 1500 MTU to inheriting the
bridge MTU, if the MTU key for network devices is unset.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hanreich <s.hanreich at proxmox.com>
---
qm.adoc | 7 +++----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/qm.adoc b/qm.adoc
index 44e2436..29cb26c 100644
--- a/qm.adoc
+++ b/qm.adoc
@@ -924,10 +924,9 @@ but not via the web UI.
You can also skip adding a network device when creating a VM by selecting *No
network device*.
-You can overwrite the *MTU* setting for each VM network device. The option
-`mtu=1` represents a special case, in which the MTU value will be inherited
-from the underlying bridge.
-This option is only available for *VirtIO* network devices.
+You can overwrite the *MTU* setting for each VM network device manually. Leaving
+the field empty or setting `mtu=1` will inherit the MTU from the underlying
+bridge. This option is only available for *VirtIO* network devices.
.Multiqueue
If you are using the VirtIO driver, you can optionally activate the
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2.39.5
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