On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 04:20:26PM +0100, Bruce M Simpson wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone want to see these changes MFCed, or otherwise object to such > an MFC? > The introduction of M_PROMISC did the following: > > * Drop frames immediately if the interface is not marked IFF_UP. > * Always trim off the frame checksum if present. > * Always use M_VLANTAG in preference to passing 802.1Q frames > to consumers. > * Use __func__ consistently for KASSERT(). > * Use the M_PROMISC flag to detect situations where ether_input() > may reenter itself on the same call graph with the same mbuf which > was promiscuously received on behalf of subsystems such as > netgraph, carp, and vlan. > * 802.1P frames (that is, VLAN frames with an ID of 0) will now be > passed to layer 3 input paths. > * Deal with the special case for CARP in a sane way. > > For end users the main change of interest will be the ability for > FreeBSD to receive 802.1p frames, even if it doesn't do anything with > the priority fields right now. > > If I hear 'yeses' I will try to MFC this as time permits.
yes please! luigi _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
