[Bridge] Re: [more info] Re: [2.4.22] bad interaction between e100 and bridge: BUG at dev.c:991!

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On Tue, 2 Sep 2003 20:23:16 +0200
Bart De Schuymer <bdschuym@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> A pristine 2.4.22 doesn't have bridge-netfilter.

This is true.

> I don't see how bridge-netfilter would be involved anyway, altering
> a packet doesn't automagically trigger checksum recalculation.

You don't understand the problem.

When a packet gets received, if the hardware checksums the packet
it sets skb->ip_summed.  If you take that SKB and want to transmit
it you have to reinitialize the skb->ip_summed field or else things
explode.


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