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-rw-r--r--net/ethernet/eth.c6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/ethernet/eth.c b/net/ethernet/eth.c
index dd3db88f8f0..205a1c12f3c 100644
--- a/net/ethernet/eth.c
+++ b/net/ethernet/eth.c
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ __setup("ether=", netdev_boot_setup);
* @len: packet length (<= skb->len)
*
*
- * Set the protocol type. For a packet of type ETH_P_802_3 we put the length
- * in here instead. It is up to the 802.2 layer to carry protocol information.
+ * Set the protocol type. For a packet of type ETH_P_802_3/2 we put the length
+ * in here instead.
*/
int eth_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
unsigned short type,
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ int eth_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
{
struct ethhdr *eth = (struct ethhdr *)skb_push(skb, ETH_HLEN);
- if (type != ETH_P_802_3)
+ if (type != ETH_P_802_3 && type != ETH_P_802_2)
eth->h_proto = htons(type);
else
eth->h_proto = htons(len);