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authorOctavian Purdila <opurdila@ixiacom.com>2009-12-26 11:50:59 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-12-26 20:38:23 -0800
commitbf9ae5386bca8836c16e69ab8fdbe46767d7452a (patch)
tree1184d7062dd74f7ad2b85379a5bd40ab5b8ca4d6 /net/ethernet
parentf83d664eef180478c2dc0a0099e9d7bc1c8177ff (diff)
llc: use dev_hard_header
Using dev_hard_header allows us to use LLC with VLANs and potentially other Ethernet/TokernRing specific encapsulations. It also removes code duplication between LLC and Ethernet/TokenRing core code. Signed-off-by: Octavian Purdila <opurdila@ixiacom.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/ethernet')
-rw-r--r--net/ethernet/eth.c6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/ethernet/eth.c b/net/ethernet/eth.c
index dd3db88f8f0..205a1c12f3c 100644
--- a/net/ethernet/eth.c
+++ b/net/ethernet/eth.c
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ __setup("ether=", netdev_boot_setup);
* @len: packet length (<= skb->len)
*
*
- * Set the protocol type. For a packet of type ETH_P_802_3 we put the length
- * in here instead. It is up to the 802.2 layer to carry protocol information.
+ * Set the protocol type. For a packet of type ETH_P_802_3/2 we put the length
+ * in here instead.
*/
int eth_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
unsigned short type,
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ int eth_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
{
struct ethhdr *eth = (struct ethhdr *)skb_push(skb, ETH_HLEN);
- if (type != ETH_P_802_3)
+ if (type != ETH_P_802_3 && type != ETH_P_802_2)
eth->h_proto = htons(type);
else
eth->h_proto = htons(len);