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| author | Anton Arapov <anton@redhat.com> | 2012-06-08 12:58:00 +0200 |
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| committer | Anton Arapov <anton@redhat.com> | 2012-06-08 12:58:00 +0200 |
| commit | 6792a3f47a2e42d7164292bf7f1a55cfc4c91652 (patch) | |
| tree | b90c002bfbbeaec92f5d8a2383dcabf6524016f7 /Documentation/networking/netdev-features.txt | |
| parent | fe2895d3d55146cac65b273c0f83e2c7e543cd0e (diff) | |
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fedora kernel: b920e9b748c595f970bf80ede7832d39f8d567dav3.4.1-2
Signed-off-by: Anton Arapov <anton@redhat.com>
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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. |