hello, 1) In 2.4 kernel series skbuff.h has following unions for each TCP/IP layer. /*Transport Layer*/ union { struct tcphdr *th; struct udphdr *uh; struct icmphdr *icmph; struct igmphdr *igmph; struct iphdr *ipiph; struct spxhdr *spxh; unsigned char *raw; } h; /* Network layer header */ union { struct iphdr *iph; struct ipv6hdr *ipv6h; struct arphdr *arph; struct ipxhdr *ipxh; unsigned char *raw; } nh; /* Link layer header */ union { struct ethhdr *ethernet; unsigned char *raw; } mac; AND In 2.6 kernel series skbuff.h has following unions for each TCP/IP layer. union { struct tcphdr *th; struct udphdr *uh; struct icmphdr *icmph; struct igmphdr *igmph; struct iphdr *ipiph; struct ipv6hdr *ipv6h; unsigned char *raw; } h; union { struct iphdr *iph; struct ipv6hdr *ipv6h; struct arphdr *arph; unsigned char *raw; } nh; union { unsigned char *raw; } mac; why mac union in 2.6 not have ethernet header? Also spxhdr and ipxhdr structures are removed from nh and h unions. 2) Why header structures for ipcomp,eh,esp(IPSEC) not included in skbuff.h? Then how can skbuff adds/removes those headers in skbuff? regards, linux_lover __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/