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Diffstat (limited to 'pkg/tcpip/network/arp')
| -rw-r--r-- | pkg/tcpip/network/arp/arp.go | 14 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/network/arp/arp.go b/pkg/tcpip/network/arp/arp.go index cb9225bd7..b025bb087 100644 --- a/pkg/tcpip/network/arp/arp.go +++ b/pkg/tcpip/network/arp/arp.go @@ -15,14 +15,6 @@ // Package arp implements the ARP network protocol. It is used to resolve // IPv4 addresses into link-local MAC addresses, and advertises IPv4 // addresses of its stack with the local network. -// -// To use it in the networking stack, pass arp.NewProtocol() as one of the -// network protocols when calling stack.New. Then add an "arp" address to every -// NIC on the stack that should respond to ARP requests. That is: -// -// if err := s.AddAddress(1, arp.ProtocolNumber, "arp"); err != nil { -// // handle err -// } package arp import ( @@ -239,6 +231,10 @@ func (*protocol) Parse(pkt *stack.PacketBuffer) (proto tcpip.TransportProtocolNu } // NewProtocol returns an ARP network protocol. -func NewProtocol() stack.NetworkProtocol { +// +// Note, to make sure that the ARP endpoint receives ARP packets, the "arp" +// address must be added to every NIC that should respond to ARP requests. See +// ProtocolAddress for more details. +func NewProtocol(*stack.Stack) stack.NetworkProtocol { return &protocol{} } |