Does reversing this fix it ?
diff -u --recursive --new-file --exclude=CVS --exclude=.cvsignore ../vanilla/2.2/linux/net/ethernet/eth.c linux/net/ethernet/eth.c
--- ../vanilla/2.2/linux/net/ethernet/eth.c Mon Jan 12 15:28:25 1998
+++ linux/net/ethernet/eth.c Thu Sep 23 12:23:28 1999
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
* seems to set IFF_PROMISC.
*/
- else if(dev->flags&(IFF_PROMISC/*|IFF_ALLMULTI*/))
+ else if(1 /*dev->flags&IFF_PROMISC*/)
{
if(memcmp(eth->h_dest,dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN))
skb->pkt_type=PACKET_OTHERHOST;
If so then I actually think the bug is in the application, and this just
tripped it (ethertap used to miss some checks about packets being for its
mac address but the above bug fix also inadvertently cured ethertap 8))
Alan
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