Re: [PATCH] firewire net: Ensure checksumming in upper layer.

[Stephan Gatzka]

> > Indeed neither the device nor the lower drivers check protocol checksums.
> > But the CRCs of the encapsulating 1394 packets are checked in hardware.
> > Shall protocol checksums be verified regardless?
>
> Yes, because packets may come from off-link source.

Hm, I can't see any off-link packets coming from 
fwnet_finish_incoming_packet()

So I wont verify checksums in the driver.

Stephan
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