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Re: raw sockets, IP_HDRINCL, and fragmentation

To: Chris Friesen <cfriesen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: raw sockets, IP_HDRINCL, and fragmentation
From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 19:16:45 +0100
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In-reply-to: <3C87AD05.F9BC8457@nortelnetworks.com>; from cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com on Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 01:10:13PM -0500
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On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 01:10:13PM -0500, Chris Friesen wrote:
> 
> Just a quick question before I try some prototyping.  If I have a raw socket 
> and
> set IP_HDRINCL, then send out an IP packet larger than the underlying physical
> layer can handle (say 2KB packets over ethernet) will the ip stack fragment 
> the
> packet for me?

They are not, as documented in raw(7)


-Andi

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