Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760999AbYA3NUg (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:20:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756799AbYA3NUP (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:20:15 -0500 Received: from ns1.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:35483 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756527AbYA3NUN (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:20:13 -0500 To: Matti Linnanvuori Cc: jengelh@computergmbh.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ARP Bug? From: Andi Kleen References: <67062.74127.qm@web52004.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:20:12 +0100 In-Reply-To: <67062.74127.qm@web52004.mail.re2.yahoo.com> (Matti Linnanvuori's message of "Wed\, 30 Jan 2008 04\:44\:17 -0800 \(PST\)") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 605 Lines: 16 Matti Linnanvuori writes: > > ARP standard. I think it is RFC 826: > An Ethernet Address Resolution Protocol The correct standard in this case is RFC1122 and it actually offers two options for this: the so called strong end host model and the weak end host model. Linux can be configured to be both. Default is the later. -Andi -- 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/