Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/03] net/bridge: add support for EtherIP devices

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 21:01:12 -0700

On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 14:16:29 +0200
Joerg Roedel <[email-masked]> wrote:

> This patch changes the device check in the bridge code to allow EtherIP
> devices to be added.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <[email-masked]>

If the device looks like a duck (Ethernet), then why does it need
a separate ARP type.  There are other tools that might work without
modification if it just fully pretended to be an ether device.