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On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 3:14 PM, uday kiran <kaniki.uday@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks for the reply, Eliad.
>
> I have walked through the code for function
> "ieee80211_subif_start_xmit" but could not find any code block which
> strips the 802.3 header. If possible , could you help me point out
> that block ?
>
	skip_header_bytes = ETH_HLEN;
	if (ethertype == ETH_P_AARP || ethertype == ETH_P_IPX) {
		encaps_data = bridge_tunnel_header;
		encaps_len = sizeof(bridge_tunnel_header);
		skip_header_bytes -= 2;
	} else if (ethertype >= 0x600) {
		encaps_data = rfc1042_header;
		encaps_len = sizeof(rfc1042_header);
		skip_header_bytes -= 2;
	} else {
		encaps_data = NULL;
		encaps_len = 0;
	}

	nh_pos = skb_network_header(skb) - skb->data;
	h_pos = skb_transport_header(skb) - skb->data;

	skb_pull(skb, skip_header_bytes);

Eliad.
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