Add constant for FCS/CRC length (frame check sequence)

PATCH Applied Auke Kok 2 participants 2 messages May 15, 2007 – May 21, 2007

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Auke Kok

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2007-05-15 22:29 UTC #0 lore raw

PATCH 1/1 Add constant for FCS/CRC length (frame check sequence)

From: Auke Kok <[email protected]>

About a dozen drivers that have some form of crc checksumming or offloading use this constant, warranting a global define for it.

Signed-off-by Auke Kok <[email protected]>

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 include/linux/if_ether.h |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

include/linux/if_ether.h +1 -0

index 1db774c..3213f6f 100644
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #define ETH_ZLEN	60		/* Min. octets in frame sans FCS */
 #define ETH_DATA_LEN	1500		/* Max. octets in payload	 */
 #define ETH_FRAME_LEN	1514		/* Max. octets in frame sans FCS */
+#define ETH_FCS_LEN	4		/* Octets in the FCS		 */
 
 /*
  *	These are the defined Ethernet Protocol ID's.

Jeff Garzik

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2007-05-21 23:42 UTC #1 lore raw

Quoted 10 lines · Auke Kok

From: Auke Kok <[email protected]>
About a dozen drivers that have some form of crc checksumming or offloading use this constant, warranting a global define for it.
Signed-off-by Auke Kok <[email protected]>
---
 include/linux/if_ether.h |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

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