The problem seems to be that both the IEEE and the IETF don't want to do anything. IEEE could define a way to support larger frames. 'just wait 10 years' doesn

The problem seems to be that both the IEEE and the IETF don't want to do anything. IEEE could define a way to support larger frames. 'just wait 10 years' doesn't strike me as the best solution, but at least it is a solution. In my opinion a better way be if all devices would report the max frame length they support. Bridges would just report the minimum over all ports on the same vlan. When there are legacy devices that don't report anything, just stay at 1500. IETF can also do someything today by having hosts probe the effective max. frame length. There are drafts but they don't go anywhere because too few people care.