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From: ratheesh k <ratheesh.ksz@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: printk mac address --hangs
Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 08:07:04 +0530
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To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
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On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 12:56 AM, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de> w=
rote:
>>Packets from lo will hit NF_IP_LOCAL_OUT hook  ?
>
> Clearly.

Could you please explain a little about the traversal of a local
packet . say if i do : ping 127.0.0.1 .? what are the chains/hooks  it
will hit ?

Is there any API to check whether it is a ether packet or not ?
Thanks,
Ratheesh

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 12:56 AM, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de> w=
rote:
> On Thursday 2010-05-13 19:24, ratheesh k wrote:
>
>>On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>=
 wrote:
>>> Your hook received packets from all interfaces, including lo and
>>> ethhdr-less tunnels.
>>
>>Packets from lo will hit NF_IP_LOCAL_OUT hook =A0?
>
> Clearly.
>
>>Could you please =A0tell =A0example for ether less packet =A0?
>
> As I said, all links that do not are of "ether" type (see `ip list`)
>