Re: 2.2.x kernels missend odd-sized ICMP packets

Richard B. Johnson (root@chaos.analogic.com)
Fri, 9 Apr 1999 08:38:46 -0400 (EDT)


On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, David Miller wrote:

>
> All IP packets must be some multiple of 2 bytes.
>
> Later,
> David S. Miller
> davem@redhat.com
>

At the user-level, sizes can be odd. Packets are padded later so
what gets checksummed and sent on the physical link is always even.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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