Messages in this thread |  | | From | kuznet@ms2 ... | Subject | Re: Bind to protocol with AF_PACKET doesn't work for outgoing packets | Date | Thu, 1 Nov 2001 21:09:07 +0300 (MSK) |
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Hello!
> First if you really meant this dev_xmit_nit() (which you added) could be > removed.
Sorry? It is used by packet sniffers.
> ugly imho; if the feature exists it should be implemented for the full > packet functionality which includes binding to protocols.
This is a silly abuse. Sniffers do not bind to protocols, should not do this and have no reasons to do this.
> I think the patch should be added.
That which adds all the packet sockets to ptype_all? Do you jest? :-)
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