Hi, There have been reports that, while using the ETH_P_LOOP ether type (0x0060), the ether type is treated as its packet length.
To avoid that and to not break already existing apps - add new ether type ETH_P_LOOPBACK that contains the correct id - 0x9000. CC: Jay Vosburgh <[email protected]> CC: Andy Gospodarek <[email protected]> CC: "David S. Miller" <[email protected]> CC: Stefan Richter <[email protected]> CC: Simon Wunderlich <[email protected]> CC: Neil Jerram <[email protected]> CC: Simon Horman <[email protected]> CC: Arvid Brodin <[email protected]> CC: [email protected] CC: [email protected] Signed-off-by: Veaceslav Falico <[email protected]> --- drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c | 2 +- include/uapi/linux/if_ether.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
