Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] New ARPHRD types | From | "David S. Miller" <> | Date | 22 Oct 2002 16:55:36 -0700 |
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On Mon, 2002-10-21 at 15:19, Solomon Peachy wrote: > IEEE 802.11 has a variable "hardware" header length, 24 bytes for most > frames but 30 bytes for others. This poses a problem if you want to > expose a native 802.11 netdev interface to the OS, as > netdev->hardhdr_len et.al. aren't variable. > > But wait, isn't there already ARPHRD_IEEE80211? Yes, but unfortunately,
If ARPHRD_IEEE80211 assumes 24 bytes, and like you say it shouldn't, fix that bug instead. Don't add new ARP header types just to put a bandaid on another bug.
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