netdev - Re: [RFC 1/2] net: Support getting/setting RX-FCS in drivers.

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Date:	Fri, 17 Jun 2011 09:36:31 +0200
From:	Michał Mirosław <mirqus@...il.com>
To:	greearb@...delatech.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 1/2] net: Support getting/setting RX-FCS in drivers.

2011/6/17  <greearb@...delatech.com>:
> From: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
>
> This will allow us to enable/disable having the Ethernet
> frame checksum appended to the skb.  Enabling this is
> useful when sniffing packets.
>
> In particular, this can be used to test logic that allows
> a NIC to receive all frames, even ones with bad checksums.

You want to silently run away from extending dev->features field? ;-)

Best Regards,
Michał Mirosław
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