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Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 07:40:09 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...l.org> To: Joerg Roedel <joro-lkml@...g.org> Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>, davem@...emloft.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/03] net/bridge: add support for EtherIP devices On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:24:45 +0200 Joerg Roedel <joro-lkml@...g.org> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 09:01:12PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > > If the device looks like a duck (Ethernet), then why does it need > > a separate ARP type. There are other tools that might work without > > modification if it just fully pretended to be an ether device. > > This solves the problem of getting a list of all EtherIP devices. If > they use ARPHRD_ETHER and use an ioctl in the SIOCDEVPRIVATE space is > not a save way (not even if the ioctl uses ethip0, this device could be > owned by another driver if EtherIP is not present). > On the other hand, a new ARP type opens a lot of new problems. A lot of > userspace tools and libraries must be changed. So this solutions is not > perfect. > > Cheers, > Joerg To get a list of all EtherIP devices, just maintain a linked list in the private device information. Use list macros, it isn't hard. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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