Yevmenkin, Maksim N, CSCIO writes:
> > > Here is the description. ng_ether node has two hooks ``divert'' and
> > > ``orphan''.
> > > It is possible to connect to the one of the hooks and
> > intercept row Ethernet
> > > frames. But there is no clean way to intercept frame, do
> > something and
> > > return it back to kernel.
> > >
> > > This patch provides additional hook ``divertin'' (mmm...
> > name is not good,
> > > i think) for each ng_ether node.
> > >
> > > Implementation issues
> > >
> > > This will not work for ``orphan'' frames. Since kernel
> > drops it anyway, i
> > > decided to leave it as it is. But is is possible to
> > intercept ``orphan''
> > > packets, change it, and write back to ``divertin''.
> >
> > The "divertin" hook is a useful idea.. after 4.0-REL we can check
> > something in based on your patches...
> >
>
> ok. i just have a dumb question. what is the big deal with updating
> ether_shost
> in ethernet header in ngether_rcvdata. since we are passing raw ethernet
> frame,
> why should we update ether_shost? wouldn't it be nice to make it optional?
> just another control message?
I agree.. you should have to set the host address manually.
-Archie
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