netdev - Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 6/9] vxge: Check if FCS stripping is disabled by the firmware.

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Date:	Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:44:11 -0700
From:	Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
CC:	Sreenivasa Honnur <Sreenivasa.Honnur@...erion.com>,
	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, support@...erion.com
Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 6/9] vxge: Check if FCS stripping is disabled
 by the firmware.

On 10/05/2009 06:04 AM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Sreenivasa Honnur a écrit :
>> - Added a function to check if FCS stripping is disabled by the firmware, if
>>    it is not disabled fail driver load.
>>
>> - By default FCS stripping is disabled by the firmware. With this assumption
>>    driver decrements the indicated packet length by 4 bytes(FCS length).
>>
>> - This patch ensures that FCS stripping is disabled during driver load time.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sreenivasa Honnur<sreenivasa.honnur@...erion.com>
>
> What the big deal about FCS not being stripped ?

I'd consider it a feature to be able to receive the CRC...would be nice for
sniffing applications!

Ben

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Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com

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