cvs commit: src/sys/net bridge.c

[Mike Silbersack]

On Sun, 3 Jul 2005, Andrew Thompson wrote:

> thompsa     2005-07-03 18:24:03 UTC
>
>  FreeBSD src repository
>
>  Modified files:
>    sys/net              bridge.c
>  Log:
>  Check the alignment of the IP header before passing the packet up to the
>  packet filter. This would cause a panic on architectures that require strict
>  alignment such as sparc64, ia64 and ppc.

What's the route that a packet takes before it gets to the bridge?  If it 
goes through ether_input, it would make sense to put the alignment there 
when necessary.

By the way, which network drivers are not aligning to the ip header right 
now?

Mike "Silby" Silbersack