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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2012-03-26 17:18:44 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2012-03-26 17:19:03 +0200 |
| commit | 7fd52392c56361a40f0c630a82b36b95ca31eac6 (patch) | |
| tree | 14091de24c6b28ea4cae9826f98aeedb7be091f5 /Documentation/networking/netdev-features.txt | |
| parent | b01c3a0010aabadf745f3e7fdb9cab682e0a28a2 (diff) | |
| parent | e22057c8599373e5caef0bc42bdb95d2a361ab0d (diff) | |
Merge branch 'linus' into perf/urgent
Merge reason: we need to fix a non-trivial merge conflict.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdev-features.txt b/Documentation/networking/netdev-features.txt index 4b1c0dcef84..4164f5c02e4 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/netdev-features.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/netdev-features.txt @@ -152,3 +152,16 @@ NETIF_F_VLAN_CHALLENGED should be set for devices which can't cope with VLAN headers. Some drivers set this because the cards can't handle the bigger MTU. [FIXME: Those cases could be fixed in VLAN code by allowing only reduced-MTU VLANs. This may be not useful, though.] + +* rx-fcs + +This requests that the NIC append the Ethernet Frame Checksum (FCS) +to the end of the skb data. This allows sniffers and other tools to +read the CRC recorded by the NIC on receipt of the packet. + +* rx-all + +This requests that the NIC receive all possible frames, including errored +frames (such as bad FCS, etc). This can be helpful when sniffing a link with +bad packets on it. Some NICs may receive more packets if also put into normal +PROMISC mdoe. |