Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 15:30:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@FreeBSD.org> Cc: net@FreeBSD.org Subject: cvs commit: src/sys/net if_ethersubr.c Message-ID: <200208061930.g76JUDed091462@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <200208042355.g74Nt6lj046576@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200208042355.g74Nt6lj046576@freefall.freebsd.org>
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<<On Sun, 4 Aug 2002 16:55:06 -0700 (PDT), Luigi Rizzo <luigi@FreeBSD.org> said: > Extend the interface to ether_input(): a NULL eh pointer means that > the mbuf contains the ethernet header (eh) as well, which ether_input() > will strip off as needed. The original reason ether_input() worked like it did was that many older interfaces siphoned off the Ethernet header to a separate buffer. I agree that it's long since time to make this change. -GAWollman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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