> > > > 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 _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
