Stephan Gatzka wrote:
>
>>> Indeed neither the device nor the lower drivers check protocol checksums.
>>> But the CRCs of the encapsulating 1394 packets are checked in hardware.
>>> Shall protocol checksums be verified regardless?
>>
>> Yes, because packets may come from off-link source.
>>
>
> Hm, I can't see any off-link packets coming from
> fwnet_finish_incoming_packet()
>
> So I wont verify checksums in the driver.
"Off-link source" means the source exists on the different L2
network. In other words, source is connected via router(s).
ethernet firewire
Host -------------- Router ------------ Host
--yoshfuji
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