Since 1d5da757da860a6916adbf68b09e868062b4b3b8 (ax25: Stop using magic
neighbour cache operations.) any attempt to transmit IP packets over
a bpqether device will result in a message like "Dead loop on virtual
device bpq0, fix it urgently!"
Fix suggested by Eric W. Biederman [off-list ref].
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <redacted>
Cc: <redacted> # 4.1
---
drivers/net/hamradio/bpqether.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/hamradio/bpqether.c b/drivers/net/hamradio/bpqether.c
index 63ff08a..5b54b18 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hamradio/bpqether.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hamradio/bpqether.c
@@ -483,6 +483,7 @@ static void bpq_setup(struct net_device *dev)
memcpy(dev->dev_addr, &ax25_defaddr, AX25_ADDR_LEN);
dev->flags = 0;
+ dev->features = NETIF_F_LLTX; /* Allow recursion */
#if defined(CONFIG_AX25) || defined(CONFIG_AX25_MODULE)
dev->header_ops = &ax25_header_ops;