Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:28:22 -0600 | | From | "Chris Friesen" <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] net: packet: option to only pass skb protocol |
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On 01/05/2010 12:57 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > When sending packets with a packet socket it is often necessary to set > protocol in msg_name: otherwise the protocol field in the skb will not > be set correctly.
What about automatically detecting the protocol from the data being sent to avoid the necessity of specifying it in the first place?
Chris
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