Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/ipv4/arp.c: Fix arp reply when sender ip 0

From: Benny Amorsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:13:01 +0100

>>>>> "DM" == David Miller <[email-masked]> writes:

>> Reply:
>> Opcode: reply (0x0002)
>> Sender HW: 00:AA.00:AA:00:AA
>> Sender IP:   192.168.0.1
>> Target HW:  00:AA:00:AA:00:AA
>> Target IP:    192.168.0.1

DM> And this is exactly a sensible response in my opinion.

Why send the reply at all? Sending a unicast packet with yourself as
destination MAC seems a bit useless. Do switches propagate it?

/Benny