Re: [PATCH] NET: fix kernel panic from no dev->hard_header_len space

Krzysztof Halasa
2006-07-30T16:40:07Z

Hello Alexey,

Can you clarify this for me, please?

Do the semantics (I'm not talking about bugs) allow skb passed
to dev->hard_header() (if defined) and then to dev->hard_start_xmit()
to have less link layer header space than dev->hard_header_len?

I.e., is dev->hard_header_len only advisory?
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Krzysztof Halasa