Changes from 1.1.16 to 1.1.17

These changes are archived on ftp.crynwr.com:pub/kchanges and http://www.crynwr.com/kchanges. I cannot answer questions about Linux -- I merely summarize the kernel patches after reading them. I try to make them useful to everyone, but kernel hackers should take them with a grain of salt and read the patches themselves. The patch file is patch17.gz

• Added dummy net drivers.
• More support for loadable net drivers.
• Changes to PLIP to use 0xfc 0xfc in MAC header.
• Charles Hedrick's fixes broken fragmentation totally. Mended.
• Tried to kill the memory problems with fragments by setting things up more carefully and guarding them.
• Change to NEVER NEVER send IP packet with source addr == localhost.
• Don't send RST after FIN.
• Compile option added to get (broken) BSD UDP semantics.

[Index][Next]