Re: [PATCH] net/bridge: use the maximum hard_header_len of ports for bridging device

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On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 2:40 PM, David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:> From: Li Yang <leoli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:04:29 +0800>>> The bridging device used a constant hard_header_len.  This will cause>> headroom shortage for ports with additional hardware header.  The patch>> makes bridging device to use the maximum value of all ports.>>>> Signed-off-by: Li Yang <leoli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>> Your driver must be able to cope with any amount of> available headroom, no matter what hacks we put into> the bridging layer.>> Please fix your driver, I'm not applying this patch.
Ok.  But it's not good to reallocate every packet generated locally.Why not take this patch too?
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