ETH_TYPE_TRANS

Section: Network device support (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

eth_type_trans - determine the packet's protocol ID.  

SYNOPSIS

__be16 eth_type_trans(struct sk_buff * skb, struct net_device * dev);
 

ARGUMENTS

skb

received socket data

dev

receiving network device
 

DESCRIPTION

The rule here is that we assume 802.3 if the type field is short enough to be a length. This is normal practice and works for any 'now in use' protocol.  

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