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Any pointers ?

On 12/5/11, uday kiran <kaniki.uday@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Is ieee80211_subif_start_xmit the standard function called for frame
> conversion ? Or will it change based on the driver under use ?
>
> For frame conversion to work , is it must to add eth and wlan
> interfaces to the bridge interface?
>
> Is it that once 802.3 stack understands that the dest mac is on wi-fi
> interface , it calls this function ?
>
> Please clarify.
>
>> 	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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