patch-2.4.14 linux/net/core/dev.c

• Lines: 27
• Date: Tue Oct 30 15:08:12 2001
• Orig file: v2.4.13/linux/net/core/dev.c
• Orig date: Tue Oct 23 22:48:54 2001

diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.4.13/linux/net/core/dev.c linux/net/core/dev.c
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
 extern int plip_init(void);
 #endif
 
+
 /* This define, if set, will randomly drop a packet when congestion
  * is more than moderate.  It helps fairness in the multi-interface
  * case when one of them is a hog, but it kills performance for the
@@ -137,9 +138,17 @@
  *	and the routines to invoke.
  *
  *	Why 16. Because with 16 the only overlap we get on a hash of the
- *	low nibble of the protocol value is RARP/SNAP/X.25. 
+ *	low nibble of the protocol value is RARP/SNAP/X.25.
+ *
+ *      NOTE:  That is no longer true with the addition of VLAN tags.  Not
+ *             sure which should go first, but I bet it won't make much
+ *             difference if we are running VLANs.  The good news is that
+ *             this protocol won't be in the list unless compiled in, so
+ *             the average user (w/out VLANs) will not be adversly affected.
+ *             --BLG
  *
  *		0800	IP
+ *		8100    802.1Q VLAN
  *		0001	802.3
  *		0002	AX.25
  *		0004	802.2