Re: network interface cards native vlans support in linux kernel?

["Rask Ingemann Lambertsen" <rask@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 11:28:15 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote
> On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 06:19:51PM +0300, Andrius Kasparavicius wrote:
> > hello, as far as i know, currently there is no native vlan support in
> > network device drivers. I mean, always need patching MTU.. add 4 bytes..
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> A few drivers still need patching, and unfortunately the VLAN driver
> patches floating around all need cleaning up.

What does a network device driver need to do to ensure VLAN compatibility? Is 
it as simple as allocating buffer space for MTU + 4 bytes or is there more to 
it than that?

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Rask Ingemann Lambertsen