netdev - Re: [RFC VLAN 01/10]: Fix off-by-ones in VLAN ID checks

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Message-ID: <4665A88E.3040706@trash.net>
Date:	Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:16:46 +0200
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC VLAN 01/10]: Fix off-by-ones in VLAN ID checks

Ben Greear wrote:
> Patrick McHardy wrote:
> 
>> [VLAN]: Fix off-by-ones in VLAN ID checks
>>
>> The valid range of VLAN IDs is 0-4095, fix using ID 4095.
>>   
> 
> Per http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/download/802.1Q-1998.pdf
> page 69
> 
> 0xFFF is reserved for future use, so we should not be using VLANs with
> that VID.

Thanks, I just noticed id 4095 didn't work and assumed it was a bug.
I'm going to drop that patch.
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