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From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/03] net/bridge: add support for EtherIP devices
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 21:01:12 -0700
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On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 14:16:29 +0200
Joerg Roedel <joro-lkml@zlug.org> wrote:

> This patch changes the device check in the bridge code to allow EtherIP
> devices to be added.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joro-lkml@zlug.org>

If the device looks like a duck (Ethernet), then why does it need
a separate ARP type.  There are other tools that might work without
modification if it just fully pretended to be an ether device.