Marcel Holtmann [off-list ref] writes:

Either we do Ethernet framing or a pure IP device. I am for the pure
IP device with a separate ARP header (which we managed to get
allocated). Wrapping everything into Ethernet only because dhclient is
broken is not an answer. An alternate option would be a point-to-point

It's not only dhclient, but also lots of other raw packet users like
tcpdump etc.

device like the HSO driver or PPP is using. However then the usage of
DHCP becomes a lot more trickier.

I personally think user convenience is more important at least short term.
It's also not that the pseudo header is that much overhead.

-Andi
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