hello, > A packet comes from TCP layer to IP layer through > function call > tp->af_specific->queue_xmit() (in > tcp_output.c:tcp_transmit_skb() ). For > IP this function is nothing but ip_queue_xmit() > defined in ip_output.c. > then why ip_build_xmit and ip_build_xmit_slow used? i think in case of ICMP packet control in icmp.c alwayes goes to ip_build_xmit? regards, linux_lover __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! - Internet access at a great low price. http://promo.yahoo.com/sbc/ - : 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