netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/5] Phonet: allocate a non-Ethernet ARP type

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Message-Id: <1229544449.10889.19.camel@violet>
Date:	Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:07:29 +0100
From:	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
To:	Rémi Denis-Courmont 
	<remi.denis-courmont@...ia.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] Phonet: allocate a non-Ethernet ARP type

Hi Remi,

> Also leave some room for more 802.11 types.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi.denis-courmont@...ia.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/if_arp.h |    2 ++
>  net/core/dev.c         |    8 ++++----
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/if_arp.h b/include/linux/if_arp.h
> index 4d34018..11df77a 100644
> --- a/include/linux/if_arp.h
> +++ b/include/linux/if_arp.h
> @@ -87,6 +87,8 @@
>  #define ARPHRD_IEEE80211_PRISM 802	/* IEEE 802.11 + Prism2 header  */
>  #define ARPHRD_IEEE80211_RADIOTAP 803	/* IEEE 802.11 + radiotap header */
>  
> +#define ARPHRD_PHONET	820		/* PhoNet media type		*/
> +
>  #define ARPHRD_VOID	  0xFFFF	/* Void type, nothing is known */
>  #define ARPHRD_NONE	  0xFFFE	/* zero header length */

what kind of communication are you doing over that device. Is it pure IP
communication or a PhoNet specific one. In case of pure and simple IP,
then please use the officially assigned Pure IP type from here:

http://www.iana.org/assignments/arp-parameters/arp-parameters.xhtml

Regards

Marcel


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