Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S271194AbTGWSIB (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jul 2003 14:08:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S271196AbTGWSIB (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jul 2003 14:08:01 -0400 Received: from rth.ninka.net ([216.101.162.244]:35713 "EHLO rth.ninka.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S271194AbTGWSH6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jul 2003 14:07:58 -0400 Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 11:22:29 -0700 From: "David S. Miller" To: jw schultz Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ICMP REQUEST Message-Id: <20030723112229.4b4903ed.davem@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20030723181212.GB15719@pegasys.ws> References: <20030723181212.GB15719@pegasys.ws> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.2 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 912 Lines: 26 On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 11:12:12 -0700 jw schultz wrote: > On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 12:53:35PM +0530, Hemanshu Kanji Bhadra, Noida wrote: > > Hi, All > > > > i am developing a ping program, through my program I get ECHO_REPLY..but I > > dont get ECHO_REQUEST. > > > > is that the ECHO_REQUEST is handled by kernel.? > > > > please respond as it is urgent. > > In most cases ICMP ECHO_REQUEST is handled by the NIC. The > kernel doesn't even see it. That is why you can ping a > crashed system; the NIC is still configured. False. The reason you can ping a crashed system is that the network stack and the card are still functioning in the kernel. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/