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From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
To: "Rémi Denis-Courmont" <remi.denis-courmont@nokia.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] Phonet: allocate a non-Ethernet ARP type
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:07:29 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1229544449.10889.19.camel@violet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1229522874-20636-1-git-send-email-remi.denis-courmont@nokia.com>

Hi Remi,

> Also leave some room for more 802.11 types.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi.denis-courmont@nokia.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/if_arp.h |    2 ++
>  net/core/dev.c         |    8 ++++----
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/if_arp.h b/include/linux/if_arp.h
> index 4d34018..11df77a 100644
> --- a/include/linux/if_arp.h
> +++ b/include/linux/if_arp.h
> @@ -87,6 +87,8 @@
>  #define ARPHRD_IEEE80211_PRISM 802	/* IEEE 802.11 + Prism2 header  */
>  #define ARPHRD_IEEE80211_RADIOTAP 803	/* IEEE 802.11 + radiotap header */
>  
> +#define ARPHRD_PHONET	820		/* PhoNet media type		*/
> +
>  #define ARPHRD_VOID	  0xFFFF	/* Void type, nothing is known */
>  #define ARPHRD_NONE	  0xFFFE	/* zero header length */

what kind of communication are you doing over that device. Is it pure IP
communication or a PhoNet specific one. In case of pure and simple IP,
then please use the officially assigned Pure IP type from here:

http://www.iana.org/assignments/arp-parameters/arp-parameters.xhtml

Regards

Marcel



  reply	other threads:[~2008-12-17 20:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-12-17 14:07 [RFC] [PATCH 0/5] Phonet enhancements Rémi Denis-Courmont
2008-12-17 14:07 ` [PATCH 1/5] Phonet: allocate a non-Ethernet ARP type Rémi Denis-Courmont
2008-12-17 20:07   ` Marcel Holtmann [this message]
2008-12-17 22:18     ` Rémi Denis-Courmont
2008-12-17 23:52   ` David Miller
2008-12-17 14:07 ` [PATCH 2/5] Phonet: allocate separate ARP type for GPRS over a Phonet pipe Rémi Denis-Courmont
2008-12-17 23:52   ` David Miller
2008-12-17 14:07 ` [PATCH 3/5] Phonet: use atomic for packet TX window Rémi Denis-Courmont
2008-12-17 23:53   ` David Miller
2008-12-17 14:07 ` [PATCH 4/5] Phonet: get rid of deferred work on the transmission path Rémi Denis-Courmont
2008-12-17 23:53   ` David Miller
2008-12-17 14:07 ` [PATCH 5/5] Phonet: USB CDC Phonet function for gadget framework Rémi Denis-Courmont
2008-12-17 23:53   ` David Miller
2008-12-29 15:44   ` Marcel Holtmann
2009-01-08  7:54     ` Rémi Denis-Courmont
2009-01-08 17:15       ` Marcel Holtmann
2008-12-17 23:46 ` [RFC] [PATCH 0/5] Phonet enhancements David Miller

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