Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 11:40:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@cell.sick.ru> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/63317: make ng_ether(4) support "lower" and "orphans"simultaneously Message-ID: <200404261840.i3QIeIGK052875@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/63317; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@cell.sick.ru> To: Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org> Cc: Maxim Konovalov <maxim@macomnet.ru>, bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/63317: make ng_ether(4) support "lower" and "orphans"simultaneously Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:31:34 +0400 On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 08:53:23AM -0500, Archie Cobbs wrote: A> Let me be more specific. Suppose both lower and orphans are connected. A> A packet is received from the Ethernet hardware with ethertype A> 0x1234 (i.e., unrecognized). Which hook(s) (lower and/or orphans) A> does that packet get written to? It'll be written to orphans surely. A> Then: same question applied to a packet received from the upper hook. Any packet received on the upper will go to upper protocol stack. The "upper" behavior is not touched. -- Totus tuus, Glebius. GLEBIUS-RIPN GLEB-RIPE
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