From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Rask Ingemann Lambertsen" Subject: Re: network interface cards native vlans support in linux kernel? Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:57:36 +0100 Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Message-ID: <20030911145555.M56042@sygehus.dk> References: <20030709152814.GC15293@gtf.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Return-path: To: netdev@oss.sgi.com In-Reply-To: <20030709152814.GC15293@gtf.org> Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 11:28:15 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote > On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 06:19:51PM +0300, Andrius Kasparavicius wrote: > > hello, as far as i know, currently there is no native vlan support in > > network device drivers. I mean, always need patching MTU.. add 4 bytes.. [cut] > A few drivers still need patching, and unfortunately the VLAN driver > patches floating around all need cleaning up. What does a network device driver need to do to ensure VLAN compatibility? Is it as simple as allocating buffer space for MTU + 4 bytes or is there more to it than that? -- Regards, Rask Ingemann Lambertsen