Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux, tcpdump and vlan | From | Krzysztof Halasa <> | Date | Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:45:13 +0200 |
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Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> writes:
> Not at runtime, acceleration is always on if you compile kernel with vlan > support. That is a design mistake as far as I can tell.
I think so.
>> However seeing unknown tags on master device (with tcpdump etc) >> would certainly be useful. > > Only in promiscuous mode. In some sense tag is part of the mac address.
Well, in "some sense" maybe, though the MAC address is rather strictly defined to be a 6-octet value. I can live with promiscous anyway, it's really minor issue. -- Krzysztof Halasa - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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