Are you using dev_add_pack() to register your new protocol ? I assume this is in the ethernet header....thats what i can recall from memory. Regards, Amit On Sun, 23 Dec 2001, Amit Kulkarni wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a question regarding the packet_type for > protocol supported by a machine. > My understanding is that in function net_rx_action it > checks for the protocol of the incoming packet and > sends the packet to the input function specified in > the packet_type (ip_rcv for ipv4). > > Is there anything else that you need to specify/set ? > Bcoz in my case even though the value of the function > pointer is correct the function I want is never being > called (i want it to call ip_rcv for a different > protocol , I have removed the packet_type for that > protocol and added a new one which points to ip_rcv) > > please advise, > > thanks in advance, > > rgds > Amit > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > http://greetings.yahoo.com > - > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- The statement below is true. The statement above is false. ^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^ Amit Kucheria EECS Grad. Research Assistant University of Kansas @ Lawrence (R)+1-(785)-830 8521 ||| (O)+1-(785)-864 7774 ____________________________________________________ - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
