netdev - Pinging the Ethernet address

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Message-ID: <643f6e7c-60f3-4667-ff5d-ee62985a99e7@alu.unizg.hr>
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2023 08:04:12 +0200
From: Mirsad Goran Todorovac <mirsad.todorovac@....unizg.hr>
To: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Pinging the Ethernet address

Hi,

I see some applications where it would be good to bypass the IP stack and ping directly
HW MAC address (i.e. in Wi-Fi scanner where IP address might not be available).

I understood that RARP support was removed from Linux kernel as early as in 2.x.

What would be the recommended way to ping a HW MAC address?

Thanks,
Mirsad

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Mirsad Todorovac
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Faculty of Graphic Arts | Academy of Fine Arts
University of Zagreb
Republic of Croatia, the European Union

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