On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 02:31:23 +0200 (EET) Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg> wrote: > So, if hidden exists and is disabled it will not delay > too much the processing but it is true that both arp_rcv and > arp_solicit become more and more loaded with ugly checks. The hidden patch does a hundred different things, that's what makes it so undigestable. :) Let us assume your arp_announce patch is applied. Given that, plus the things you've mentioned, only a tiny piece of functionality is really needed from that hidden patch. Why don't you extract out just the needed part, and toss together an email with that patch explaining that specific behavior change? Thanks. - : 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