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+/*
+ * Fundamental constants relating to ethernet.
+ *
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef _NET_ETHERNET_H_
+#define _NET_ETHERNET_H_
+
+/*
+ * The number of bytes in an ethernet (MAC) address.
+ */
+#define ETHER_ADDR_LEN 6
+
+/*
+ * The number of bytes in the type field.
+ */
+#define ETHER_TYPE_LEN 2
+
+/*
+ * The number of bytes in the trailing CRC field.
+ */
+#define ETHER_CRC_LEN 4
+
+/*
+ * The length of the combined header.
+ */
+#define ETHER_HDR_LEN (ETHER_ADDR_LEN*2+ETHER_TYPE_LEN)
+
+/*
+ * The minimum packet length.
+ */
+#define ETHER_MIN_LEN 64
+
+/*
+ * The maximum packet length.
+ */
+#define ETHER_MAX_LEN 1518
+
+/*
+ * A macro to validate a length with
+ */
+#define ETHER_IS_VALID_LEN(foo) \
+ ((foo) >= ETHER_MIN_LEN && (foo) <= ETHER_MAX_LEN)
+
+/*
+ * Structure of a 10Mb/s Ethernet header.
+ */
+struct ether_header {
+ u_char ether_dhost[ETHER_ADDR_LEN];
+ u_char ether_shost[ETHER_ADDR_LEN];
+ u_short ether_type;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Structure of a 48-bit Ethernet address.
+ */
+struct ether_addr {
+ u_char octet[ETHER_ADDR_LEN];
+};
+
+#endif