I guess in particular IFF_LOOPBACK means that all packets from a device will come right back to the current machine, and go nowhere else.
That usage sounds completely different then the CAN usage which appears to mean. Broadcast packets will be returned to this machine as well as being sent out onto the wire. Eric - 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