Re: [PATCH 00/39] merge request for WiMAX kernel stack and i2400m driver v2

Johannes Berg
2008-11-27T11:50:48Z

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On Thu, 2008-11-27 at 12:47 +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org> writes:
> >
> > Either we do Ethernet framing or a pure IP device. I am for the pure
> > IP device with a separate ARP header (which we managed to get
> > allocated). Wrapping everything into Ethernet only because dhclient is
> > broken is not an answer. An alternate option would be a point-to-point
>
> It's not only dhclient, but also lots of other raw packet users like
> tcpdump etc.

tcpdump works fine on almost anything you throw at it, I have a hard
time believing it wouldn't be able to decompose rawip easily.

johannes

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