netdev - Re: [PATCH] bgmac: omit the fcs

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Date:	Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:57:03 +0100
From:	Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>
To:	Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@...ke-m.de>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bgmac: omit the fcs

2013/2/28 Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@...ke-m.de>:
> Do not include the frame check sequence when adding the skb to
> netif_receive_skb(). This causes problems when this interface was
> bridged to a wifi ap and a big package should be forwarded from this
> Ethernet driver through a bride to the wifi client.

Is this a real fix?

Don't get me wrong, but it sounds a little like a workaround for some
issue in another network layer ;)

-- 
Rafał
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