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  1. rfc [diff vs current]
  2. v1 [diff vs current]
  3. v2 [diff vs current]
  4. v3 current
  5. v4 [diff vs current]

[PATCH v3 net-next 1/7] ether: add EtherType for proprietary Realtek protocols

From: Alvin Šipraga <hidden>
Date: 2021-10-15 17:10:50
Also in: lkml, netdev
Subsystem: networking drivers, the rest · Maintainers: Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds

From: Alvin Šipraga <alsi@bang-olufsen.dk>

Add a new EtherType ETH_P_REALTEK to the if_ether.h uapi header. The
EtherType 0x8899 is used in a number of different protocols from Realtek
Semiconductor Corp [1], so no general assumptions should be made when
trying to decode such packets. Observed protocols include:

  0x1 - Realtek Remote Control protocol [2]
  0x2 - Echo protocol [2]
  0x3 - Loop detection protocol [2]
  0x4 - RTL8365MB 4- and 8-byte switch CPU tag protocols [3]
  0x9 - RTL8306 switch CPU tag protocol [4]
  0xA - RTL8366RB switch CPU tag protocol [4]

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CACRpkdYQthFgjwVzHyK3DeYUOdcYyWmdjDPG=Rf9B3VrJ12Rzg@mail.gmail.com/ (local)
[2] https://www.wireshark.org/lists/ethereal-dev/200409/msg00090.html
[3] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20210822193145.1312668-4-alvin@pqrs.dk/ (local)
[4] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20200708122537.1341307-2-linus.walleij@linaro.org/ (local)

Suggested-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Signed-off-by: Alvin Šipraga <alsi@bang-olufsen.dk>
Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
---

v2 -> v3: no change; collect Reviewed-by from Florian

v1 -> v2: no change; collect Reviewed-by from Vladimir

RFC -> v1: this patch is new



 include/uapi/linux/if_ether.h | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_ether.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_ether.h
index 5f589c7a8382..5da4ee234e0b 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/if_ether.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_ether.h
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
 					 * over Ethernet
 					 */
 #define ETH_P_PAE	0x888E		/* Port Access Entity (IEEE 802.1X) */
+#define ETH_P_REALTEK	0x8899          /* Multiple proprietary protocols */
 #define ETH_P_AOE	0x88A2		/* ATA over Ethernet		*/
 #define ETH_P_8021AD	0x88A8          /* 802.1ad Service VLAN		*/
 #define ETH_P_802_EX1	0x88B5		/* 802.1 Local Experimental 1.  */
-- 
2.32.0
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