From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Krzysztof Halasa Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] NET: Re-add VLAN tag for devices incapable of keeping it Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:03:17 +0100 Message-ID: References: <472A6089.7020104@hp.com> <18223.22291.622615.129374@zeus.sw.starentnetworks.com> <472F5A33.20906@trash.net> <20071105.151544.175839612.davem@davemloft.net> <472FB375.1020802@trash.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: David Miller , djohnson+linux-kernel@sw.starentnetworks.com, jes@trained-monkey.org, mchan@broadcom.com, ram.vepa@neterion.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, bguo@sw.starentnetworks.com To: Patrick McHardy Return-path: Received: from khc.piap.pl ([195.187.100.11]:47727 "EHLO khc.piap.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751063AbXKFSDV (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Nov 2007 13:03:21 -0500 In-Reply-To: <472FB375.1020802@trash.net> (Patrick McHardy's message of "Tue, 06 Nov 2007 01:21:09 +0100") Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Patrick McHardy writes: > I think there is one more case that matters, which is briding > from a device with VLAN stripping for a VLAN not configured > locally. The tag will be stripped and will be lost for forwarded > packets. I think we should drop such packets on RX. Anyway we shouldn't forward them. -- Krzysztof Halasa