1 Introduction 3
2 Critical data structures 22
3 User-space-to-kernel interface 58
4 Notification chains 75
5 Network device initialization 84
6 The PCI layer and network interface cards 106
7 Kernel infrastructure for component initialization 116
8 Device registration and initialization 136
9 Interrupts and network drivers 177
10 Frame reception 210
11 Frame transmission 239
12 General and reference material about interrupts 261
13 Protocol handlers 266
14 Bridging : concepts 297
15 Bridging : the spanning tree protocol 310
16 Bridging : Linux implementation 355
17 Bridging : miscellaneous topics 391
18 Internet protocol version 4 (IPv4) : concepts 409
19 Internet protocol version 4 (IPv4) : Linux foundations and features 439
20 Internet protocol version 4 (IPv4) : forwarding and local delivery 466
21 Internet protocol version 4 (IPv4) : transmission 473
22 Internet protocol version 4 (IPv4) : handling fragmentation 511
23 Internet protocol version 4 (IPv4) : miscellaneous topics 536
24 Layer four protocol and raw IP handling 569
25 Internet control message protocol (ICMPv4) 585
26 Neighboring subsystem : concepts 625
27 Neighboring subsystem : infrastructure 651
28 Neighboring subsystem : address resolution protocol (ARP) 699
29 Neighboring subsystem : miscellaneous topics 749
30 Routing : concepts 777
31 Routing : advanced 802
32 Routing : Linux implementation 830
33 Routing : the routing cache 861
34 Routing : routing tables 898
35 Routing : lookups 912
36 Routing : miscellaneous topics 952