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SubjectRe: [PATCH net-next v7 0/5] net: hdlc_fr: Improve fr_rx and add support for any Ethertype
On Sat, 31 Oct 2020 11:10:38 -0700 Xie He wrote:
> The main purpose of this series is the last patch. The previous 4 patches
> are just code clean-ups so that the last patch will not make the code too
> messy. The patches must be applied in sequence.
>
> The receiving code of this driver doesn't support arbitrary Ethertype
> values. It only recognizes a few known Ethertypes when receiving and drops
> skbs with other Ethertypes.
>
> However, the standard document RFC 2427 allows Frame Relay to support any
> Ethertype values. This series adds support for this.

Applied, but going forward please limit any refactoring and extensions
to the HDLC code. I thought you are actually using it. If that's not
the case let's leave the code be, it's likely going to be removed in
a few years time.

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