From: Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 14:21:44 +1000
> Eric Dumazet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > dev_queue_xmit_nit() is called before attempting to send packet to device. > > > > If device could not accept the packet (hard_start_xmit() returns an error), > > packet is requeued and retried later. > > each retry means call ev_queue_xmit_nit() again, so tcpdump/sniffers can > > 'see' packet transmited several times. > > This should only happen with LLTX drivers. In fact, LLTX drivers are > really more trouble than they're worth. They should all be rewritten > to follow the model used in tg3. Agreed. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
