From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: nick@snowman.net Subject: Re: this code does not get called in dev.c so do we need it? Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 16:14:10 -0400 (EDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: References: <20021002.171042.42890215.davem@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20021002.171042.42890215.davem@redhat.com> List-Id: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "David S. Miller" Cc: linux_learning@yahoo.co.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-c-programming@vger.kernel.org I'm not sure if this is a dumb question, but why arn't there any in-tree drivers with support for this? Is it too ugly to merge? Nick On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, David S. Miller wrote: > > Fast routing, although not implemented in any in-tree drivers, > does get used by some people who have hacked up drivers to support > this. > > It allows IPv4 routing to occur right at the level of the device > driver, it directly pushes an input packet to the output routine > of the destination device all without leaving the driver. > > This code is used. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >