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Date:      Mon, 4 Jul 2005 19:51:19 +1200
From:      Andrew Thompson <thompsa@freebsd.org>
To:        Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/net bridge.c
Message-ID:  <20050704075119.GA11500@heff.fud.org.nz>
In-Reply-To: <20050704005749.D21939@odysseus.silby.com>
References:  <200507031824.j63IO3Bs009536@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050703184013.U21939@odysseus.silby.com> <20050703235733.GA8138@heff.fud.org.nz> <20050704005749.D21939@odysseus.silby.com>

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On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 12:59:10AM -0500, Mike Silbersack wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 4 Jul 2005, Andrew Thompson wrote:
> 
> >Both bridges tap their packets off near the end of ether_input(). Since
> >we only need to check alignment when using pfil(9) and each bridge has
> >its own knobs to control filtering, it seems best to leave it where it
> >is at the moment.
> 
> Well, where it was at was the network drivers.  Since we know that em is 
> the (only?) violator, you're arguing for the backout of your patch when 
> you say "leave it where it is."
> 
> The other protocol stacks need aligned headers too, that's why I'm curious 
> as to the bridge-specificness of this patch.

Because I have only made a handful of commits so far and they were all
to if_bridge, so im a little narrow minded at the moment ;-)

If there is a better way to do this im all for it.


Andrew



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