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Re: Dealing with M_HASFCS for protocols that do not do ethernet crc



Am Sun, Aug 07, 2022 at 02:15:34PM +0200 schrieb Martin Husemann:
> So I wonder if we should redefine the meaning of M_HASFCS from "FCS included
> at the end of frame" to "Frame may have FCS included at the end if protocol
> uses a FCS", and then have if_ethersubr.c deal with it generically.

I'd frame it different as: "Hardware has not stripped any FCS". But
yeah, it seems completely wrong for drivers to have to care about
outdated network protocols.

Joerg


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