From: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>
To: Simon Barber <simon@devicescape.com>
Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: Why is packet socket checked before bridge in netif_receive_skb?
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 14:18:52 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050726181850.GA9881@tuxdriver.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <C86180A8C204554D8A3323D8F6B0A29F6AF010@dhost002-46.dex002.intermedia.net>
On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 11:03:17AM -0700, Simon Barber wrote:
> The protocol handlers are also used to implement packet sockets. - Why
> is the all handler checked before the bridge hook?
Perhaps so that one can look at frames entering on a specific interface
rather than the bridge as a whole?
John
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John W. Linville
linville@tuxdriver.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-07-26 18:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-07-26 18:03 Why is packet socket checked before bridge in netif_receive_skb? Simon Barber
2005-07-26 18:18 ` John W. Linville [this message]
2005-07-26 19:58 ` David S. Miller
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2005-07-26 18:25 Simon Barber
2005-07-26 21:22 Simon Barber
2005-08-02 18:30 Simon Barber
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