Hi steve
It would be nice if you can post the link again.
It would be good for all newbies.
TIA
sanjayk
>Do you have to use the 2.4 kernel or can you use a 2.6 kernel. I >believe some of the newer networking stuff is in a later version of the
>2.4 kernel.
>
>If you don't want to use Ethereal or tcpdump, again, just use a "hook"
>into the drivers. I've recently posted (I believe to you) an article >(a very good one I might add) that goes over exactly how to put hooks >into the networking path. I've done this already and it works and >heck, if I can do it, believe me, anyone can do it!
>
>Would you like me to post the link to the article again??
>-stv
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[mailto:kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Erik Mouw
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 6:45 AM
To: Hari Krishna
Cc: kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: regarding receving the ethernet packet
On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 12:57:34PM +0530, Hari Krishna wrote:
> 2)now , i have to get the output of received ethernet packet consists
> preamble is this, source address is this, destination address is this,
> data is this, crc is checked.
> 3)so i am trying to use netwotk drivers for this to receive the
> etherent packet from linux machine.
> 4)i am trying to use the existing kernel function . i will add my
> own function in kernel function 5)the kernel function is
> /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-8/net/core/dev.c
> 6)so i am compiling dev.c after adding my own function in dev.c
> 7)particularly, i am using netif_rx function which is in dev.c 8)i
> will recompile the whole kernel after modifying the kernel to get my
> output.
> 9)this is the way that i expected to print ethernet frame format
Don't try to reinvent the wheel, just use tcpdump and/or ethereal. See "man tcpdump" and "man ethereal".
Erik
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