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From: "Gautham Ganapathy" <gauthamg123list@myrealbox.com>
To: "FreeBSD.org - Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject: Inserting a kernel module b/w IP and ethernet
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 14:14:52 +0530
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Hi

How can I add an extra layer of processing b/w the IP and ethernet layers
using a kernel module ? If I load a module, I should be able to access the
functions exported by IP and ethernet. Also, I think the ethernet layer can
be configured to use my module as the protocol by patching ifconfig. Am I
right so far ? So, how do I get IP to use my module as it's link layer ? If
I am wrong, what's the proper way ? Or is there any other simpler way ? My
requirement is to add a compression layer (RFC 2507)

Regards
Gautham


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