linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sky2: make sure ethernet header is in transmit skb

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Message-Id: <20091226.194418.229766965.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:44:18 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	shemminger@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	mbreuer@...jas.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, flyboy@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sky2: make sure ethernet header is in transmit skb

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:05:44 -0800

> Other drivers may have same problem, I really think this ought
> to be done at higher level.

I tend to agree with you, and I thought we had handled all
cases.  Let's simply make AF_PACKET linearize the link
level header before sending things out to the transmit path.

I can work on this if you want.
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