Garrett D'Amore wrote:
>> Hmm. I suppose I would have expected b_wptr to not be used for mblk_t's
>> delivered to mac_ether; is this step just to avoid corruption by wayward
>> users of the mblk?
>>   
> 
> No, b_wptr determines the end of the data.  If it isn't advanced, then
> mac_rx() will think that the mblk has no data in it.

Gotcha. That would explain the odd ARP frames ;)

Thanks!

Steve

-- 
Yet magic and hierarchy
arise from the same source,
and this source has a null pointer.

Reference the NULL within NULL,
it is the gateway to all wizardry.
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