2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/host/lib/transport/gen_vrt_if_packet.py b/host/lib/transport/gen_vrt_if_packet.py
index 7438f5ff4..dbe026ba3 100755
--- a/host/lib/transport/gen_vrt_if_packet.py
+++ b/host/lib/transport/gen_vrt_if_packet.py
@@ -141,11 +141,17 @@ void vrt::if_hdr_unpack_$(suffix)(
 ){
     //extract vrt header
     boost::uint32_t vrt_hdr_word = $(XE_MACRO)(packet_buff[0]);
+    /*
     size_t packet_words32 = vrt_hdr_word & 0xffff;
 
     //failure case
     if (if_packet_info.num_packet_words32 < packet_words32)
         throw std::runtime_error("bad vrt header or packet fragment");
+    */
+    //Fix for short packets sent from the fpga:
+    //  Use the num_packet_words32 passed in as input,
+    //  and do not use the header bits which could be wrong.
+    size_t packet_words32 = if_packet_info.num_packet_words32;
 
     //extract fields from the header
     if_packet_info.packet_type = if_packet_info_t::packet_type_t(vrt_hdr_word >> 29);
diff --git a/host/lib/transport/vrt_packet_handler.hpp b/host/lib/transport/vrt_packet_handler.hpp
index fdcff24b8..bd76cbb8f 100644
--- a/host/lib/transport/vrt_packet_handler.hpp
+++ b/host/lib/transport/vrt_packet_handler.hpp
@@ -324,7 +324,8 @@ namespace vrt_packet_handler{
             );
 
             //commit the samples to the zero-copy interface
-            if (send_buffs[i]->commit(if_packet_info.num_packet_words32*sizeof(boost::uint32_t)) < ssize_t(num_samps)){
+            size_t num_bytes_total = (vrt_header_offset_words32+if_packet_info.num_packet_words32)*sizeof(boost::uint32_t);
+            if (send_buffs[i]->commit(num_bytes_total) < ssize_t(num_bytes_total)){
                 std::cerr << "commit to send buffer returned less than commit size" << std::endl;
             }
         }