Re: [PATCH] net/ipv4/arp.c: Fix arp reply when sender ip 0

Benny Amorsen
2007-11-16T14:15:22Z

>>>>> "DM" == David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> writes:

>> Reply:
>> Opcode: reply (0x0002)
>> Sender HW: 00:AA.00:AA:00:AA
>> Sender IP: 192.168.0.1
>> Target HW: 00:AA:00:AA:00:AA
>> Target IP: 192.168.0.1

DM> And this is exactly a sensible response in my opinion.

Why send the reply at all? Sending a unicast packet with yourself as
destination MAC seems a bit useless. Do switches propagate it?

/Benny