Subject: Re: Changes to link layer input routines
To: Anders Magnusson <ragge@ludd.luth.se>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-net
Date: 05/15/1999 11:39:03
On Sat, 15 May 1999 20:24:56 +0200 (MET DST) 
 Anders Magnusson <ragge@ludd.luth.se> wrote:

 > Yes, most of which is applicable. I have a Qbus MIPS machine waiting at 
 > home in Sweden when I return, therefore I need to do this :-)

*excellent* :-)

 > Or remove the IFF_NOTRAILERS flag totally, it's use is deprecated anyway.
 > The only thing is that trailer packets must be received, which doesn't
 > work quite well right now. That should actually be a compile-time option or
 > something like TCP_COMPAT_42.

AFAIK, we currently don't handle trailer packet reception AT ALL.  At least,
I can't see any code for it in ether_input().

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>