Re: [PATCH RESEND] 2.[46]: Permit the official ARP hw type in SIOCSARP for FDDI

["David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 23:57:09 +0100 (BST)
"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  The SIOCSARP handling code currently rejects attempts of setting an arp
> entry for FDDI devices if the Ethernet ARP hw type is specified in the
> request.  Using this ARP hw type is mandated by RFC 1390 (STD 36) and I
> think it's reasonable to accept SIOCSARP requests using this type,
> especially as it already works this way for ARP packets received from the
> network.  One reason for this is bootpd setting explicit ARP cache entries
> using the hw type that is also sent to a client.  Here is a patch for both
> 2.4 and 2.6 that fixes the problem for me.  For consistency with code used
> for ARP packets, it makes both Ethernet and IEEE802 ARP hw type acceptable
> for FDDI interfaces.  Please apply.
> 
>  Applies both to 2.4.27 and to 2.6.8.1.

Patch applied, thanks.