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Re: 1.3.4 patch for 3Com 3c59x "vortex" card driver

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Gortmaker)
Thu Jun 29 23:57:14 1995

From: Paul Gortmaker <gpg109@rsphy4.anu.edu.au>
To: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 1995 12:52:33 +1000 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <9506292300.AA12548@rhett.3do.com> from "Dave Platt" at Jun 29, 95 04:00:22 pm


> Some experimentation and examination of other drivers made it clear that the
> following addition to the driver is needed to run under the 1.3.4 (at least)
> kernel:

> +                                 skb->protocol=eth_type_trans(skb,dev);

Purely academic, but the skeleton driver is missing this as well. 
My "skull and cross-bones" cards wouldn't work without it.  :-)

Paul.

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