At 05:01 PM 10/30/99 , Bill Sommerfeld wrote:
>2) ethertype_input(ifp, etype, m)
>         contains the big "switch on ethertype" code.

Works for me except that I want an additional argument which is an
offset from the start of the packet where the payload starts.  (e.g.
the caller does not adjust mbuf).

>3) ieee802_input (ifp, m)
>         assumes that the current start of the mbuf now points at the
>         LLC header, and parses that.
>         if it finds a SNAP header which contains an ethertype, it
>                 adjusts the header to point just past the SNAP header, 
>                         and calls ethertype_input(ifp, ether, m .... )
>         for other LSAP types (X.25 and ISO) it does what ether_input
>                 currently does.

I want the same offset option.


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