Re: Can we rely on ethernet header padding?

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On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 08:21:35AM -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> 
> Normally a driver has NET_SKB_PAD bytes of headroom before the ethernet
> header, so the bridge code is safe only if all drivers use this
> NET_SKB_PAD padding on receive side. And they really should for
> performance reasons.
> 
> Better not touch bridge code to catch offending drivers

That makes sense. Thank you for your reply.

                                                   Michal Kubecek

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