Re: Kernel 2.2.18: Protocol 0008 is buggy

Ivan Passos (lists@cyclades.com)
Wed, 31 Jan 2001 07:43:14 -0800 (PST)


On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Alan Cox wrote:

> > What I'd like to know is: what exactly causes this msg?? It seems that
> > it's printed when someone sends a packet without properly setting
> > skb->nh.raw first, but who's supposed to set skb->nh.raw?? The HW driver??
> > The data link (HDLC) driver?? The kernel protocol drivers? How should I go
> > about fixing this problem, where should I start??
>
> It should be set before netif_rx() is called on the packet. Typically that
> means the driver or its support code sets protocol and nh.raw and if a
> second header is pulled up then they are set again by whichever code does that
> and calls netif_rx again

Alan,

Could you please tell me where I can find an example of this?? I searched
the whole drivers/net directory, and couldn't find any occurrence.

Is this really supposed to be done in the HW driver / support code level,
or is it supposed to be done in the protocol (IP / ARP) level??

Thanks for the reply!!

Later,
Ivan

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