Hi,
As far as I understand, in 2.2.x networking code the protocol
header and data used to reside in a contiguous region in memory(pointed
to by the head, data, tail, end of sk_buff struct),
ie skb->data is the starting point and skb->tail is the ending point.
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skb->data -- |-------------- |
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skb->tail -- |---------------|
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And the device drivers used to transfer from skb->data to
skb->tail(==skb->len).
My question is: Is the state of the art same in 2.4.0, ie. is
protocol header and data still has to reside contiguously? Or header and
data may be non-contiguous and the driver does scatter/gather.
I am starting off in 2.4.0 , plz. help.
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