From: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org>
Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] 2.[46]: Permit the official ARP hw type in SIOCSARP for FDDI
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 12:54:33 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041005125433.3cc516c9.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58L.0410040312500.22545@blysk.ds.pg.gda.pl>
On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 23:57:09 +0100 (BST)
"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org> wrote:
> The SIOCSARP handling code currently rejects attempts of setting an arp
> entry for FDDI devices if the Ethernet ARP hw type is specified in the
> request. Using this ARP hw type is mandated by RFC 1390 (STD 36) and I
> think it's reasonable to accept SIOCSARP requests using this type,
> especially as it already works this way for ARP packets received from the
> network. One reason for this is bootpd setting explicit ARP cache entries
> using the hw type that is also sent to a client. Here is a patch for both
> 2.4 and 2.6 that fixes the problem for me. For consistency with code used
> for ARP packets, it makes both Ethernet and IEEE802 ARP hw type acceptable
> for FDDI interfaces. Please apply.
>
> Applies both to 2.4.27 and to 2.6.8.1.
Patch applied, thanks.
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2004-10-04 22:57 [PATCH RESEND] 2.[46]: Permit the official ARP hw type in SIOCSARP for FDDI Maciej W. Rozycki
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