packet.7: Minor fixes to Carsten Andrich's patch

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2014-04-22 20:56:56 +02:00
parent 8c26e99bce
commit 896333c57e
1 changed files with 3 additions and 2 deletions

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@ -323,10 +323,11 @@ When a malformed packet is encountered on a transmit ring, the default is to
set its status to set its status to
.BR TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT .BR TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT
and abort the transmission immediately (it and following packets are left and abort the transmission immediately (it and following packets are left
lingering on the ring). However if lingering on the ring).
However, if
.BR PACKET_LOSS .BR PACKET_LOSS
is set, malformed packets will be skipped, their status reset to is set, malformed packets will be skipped, their status reset to
.BR TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE .BR TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE ,
and the transmission process continued. and the transmission process continued.
.TP .TP
.BR PACKET_RESERVE " (with " PACKET_RX_RING ) .BR PACKET_RESERVE " (with " PACKET_RX_RING )