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Re: [PATCH/RFC] Let {ip,arp}tables "see" bridged VLAN tagged {I,AR}P pac

To: Bart De Schuymer <bdschuym@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] Let {ip,arp}tables "see" bridged VLAN tagged {I,AR}P packets
From: Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 13:24:21 -0700
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, bridge <bridge@xxxxxxxx>, vlan@xxxxxxxxxxx, Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: <200310062204.07230.bdschuym@pandora.be>
Organization: Candela Technologies
References: <200310062204.07230.bdschuym@pandora.be>
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Bart De Schuymer wrote:
- add some code in vlan_dev.c::vlan_dev_hard_start_xmit():
skb->protocol = __constant_htons(ETH_P_8021Q);
skb->mac.raw -= VLAN_HLEN;
skb->nh.raw -= VLAN_HLEN;

I wonder if this is what was messing up the tcpdump packet capture as well?

It would be fine with me if you un-conditionally exported the
vlan hard-start-xmit pointer, but I don't feel strongly either way.

Thanks,
Ben

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Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com



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