On 4/8/11 4:41 PM, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> Commit 76c308b50d3 "netdev-linux: Support 'send' for netdevs opened with
> NETDEV_ETH_TYPE_NONE" broke sending packets to tap devices. Sending a
> packet to a tap device with an AF_PACKET socket causes that packet to be
> looped back to be received on the tap
Commit 76c308b50d3 "netdev-linux: Support 'send' for netdevs opened with
NETDEV_ETH_TYPE_NONE" broke sending packets to tap devices. Sending a
packet to a tap device with an AF_PACKET socket causes that packet to be
looped back to be received on the tap device again, which obviously isn't
useful.