patch-2.1.20 linux/net/802/p8023.c

• Lines: 67
• Date: Thu Jan 2 15:13:27 1997
• Orig file: v2.1.19/linux/net/802/p8023.c
• Orig date: Mon Mar 25 08:58:23 1996

diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.19/linux/net/802/p8023.c linux/net/802/p8023.c
@@ -1,34 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ *	NET3:	802.3 data link hooks used for IPX 802.3
+ *
+ *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ *	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ *	2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *	802.3 isn't really a protocol data link layer. Some old IPX stuff
+ *	uses it however. Note that there is only one 802.3 protocol layer
+ *	in the system. We don't currently support different protocols
+ *	running raw 802.3 on different devices. Thankfully nobody else
+ *	has done anything like the old IPX.
+ */
+ 
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
 #include <net/datalink.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/in.h>
 
-static void
-p8023_datalink_header(struct datalink_proto *dl, 
+/*
+ *	Place an 802.3 header on a packet. The driver will do the mac
+ *	addresses, we just need to give it the buffer length.
+ */
+ 
+static void p8023_datalink_header(struct datalink_proto *dl, 
 		struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned char *dest_node)
 {
 	struct device	*dev = skb->dev;
-	
 	dev->hard_header(skb, dev, ETH_P_802_3, dest_node, NULL, skb->len);
 }
 
-struct datalink_proto *
-make_8023_client(void)
+/*
+ *	Create an 802.3 client. Note there can be only one 802.3 client
+ */
+ 
+struct datalink_proto *make_8023_client(void)
 {
 	struct datalink_proto	*proto;
 
 	proto = (struct datalink_proto *) kmalloc(sizeof(*proto), GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (proto != NULL) {
+	if (proto != NULL) 
+	{
 		proto->type_len = 0;
 		proto->header_length = 0;
 		proto->datalink_header = p8023_datalink_header;
 		proto->string_name = "802.3";
 	}
-
 	return proto;
 }
 
+/*
+ *	Destroy the 802.3 client.
+ */
+ 
 void destroy_8023_client(struct datalink_proto *dl)
 {
 	if (dl)