[Click] running kernel-level click

Eddie Kohler kohler at cs.ucla.edu
Tue Aug 10 00:27:40 EDT 2004


Lan Xue wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> ToHost "Hands packets to the ordinary Linux protocol stack", does that 
> mean it uses Linux protocol stack to route the packets rather than using 
> what is provided by Click itself? 

Yes,if you use ToHost

Or Click is not actually bypassing
> ordinary Linux protocol stack?

It does bypass the ordinary stack

> 
> If use ICMPPingResponder to repond to ICMP packets, do I need to use 
> other elements in order to respond packets other than ICMP?

Yep -- or pass them ToHost if appropriate.

E

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Lan 
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