Roop Mukherjee writes:
> But I can't seem to find any call to ether_output() or even packets being
> queued at if_snd. How does the ng_ether node actually cause transmission
> on the wire?

All packets passing through the code in if_ethersubr.c get detoured
through ng_ether.c via function pointers which are set when the
ng_ether.ko module is loaded. To transmit a packet on the wire,
ng_ether.c calls ether_output_frame().

-Archie

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Archie Cobbs     *     Packet Design     *     http://www.packetdesign.com

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