> > > > Why are we fabricating the ethernet header rather than having
 > > > > snoop ask lo0 what MAC type it is and using that to understand
 > > > > that there is no MAC header to speak of?
 > > > 
 > > > Hear, hear.  Software that assumes that all packets are carried
 > > > over Ethernet should be squashed, not coddled.
 > >
 > >Since Phil's asleep and this thread may otherwise run amok: we are
 > >fabricating an Ethernet header because that's what /dev/lo0 on other
 > >Unix-like systems do.
 > 
 > Such systems being?

I will let Phil answer, as he's the one that's collected the data on this.
In any case, this is a trivial thing to adjust in the proposal, if need be.

-- 
meem
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