From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753859AbaCMLqg (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Mar 2014 07:46:36 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:24651 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753958AbaCMLqb (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Mar 2014 07:46:31 -0400 From: Veaceslav Falico To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Cc: Jay Vosburgh , Andy Gospodarek , "David S. Miller" , Stefan Richter , Simon Wunderlich , Neil Jerram , Simon Horman , Arvid Brodin , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Veaceslav Falico Subject: [PATCH net-next 0/2] bonding: use correct ether type for alb Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 12:41:56 +0100 Message-Id: <1394710918-29540-1-git-send-email-vfalico@redhat.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, There have been reports that, while using the ETH_P_LOOP ether type (0x0060), the ether type is treated as its packet length. To avoid that and to not break already existing apps - add new ether type ETH_P_LOOPBACK that contains the correct id - 0x9000. CC: Jay Vosburgh CC: Andy Gospodarek CC: "David S. Miller" CC: Stefan Richter CC: Simon Wunderlich CC: Neil Jerram CC: Simon Horman CC: Arvid Brodin CC: netdev@vger.kernel.org CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Veaceslav Falico --- drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c | 2 +- include/uapi/linux/if_ether.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)