Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752100AbWIXEBi (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Sep 2006 00:01:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752105AbWIXEBi (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Sep 2006 00:01:38 -0400 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:64224 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752100AbWIXEBf (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Sep 2006 00:01:35 -0400 Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 21:01:12 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Joerg Roedel Cc: Patrick McHardy , davem@davemloft.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/03] net/bridge: add support for EtherIP devices Message-ID: <20060923210112.130938ca@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20060923121629.GC32284@zlug.org> References: <20060923120704.GA32284@zlug.org> <20060923121629.GC32284@zlug.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.4.0 (GTK+ 2.8.20; x86_64-redhat-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: 670 Lines: 16 On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 14:16:29 +0200 Joerg Roedel wrote: > This patch changes the device check in the bridge code to allow EtherIP > devices to be added. > > Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel If the device looks like a duck (Ethernet), then why does it need a separate ARP type. There are other tools that might work without modification if it just fully pretended to be an ether device. - 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/