| To: | linux-net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx |
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| Subject: | Re: Is a driver allowed to modify dev->flags? |
| From: | rask@xxxxxxxxxx (Rask Ingemann Lambertsen) |
| Date: | Wed, 2 Apr 2003 15:01:49 +0200 |
| References: | <3e89c32348ce76.94538914@not right> |
| Reply-to: | rask@xxxxxxxxxx |
| Sender: | netdev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx |
I wrote: > Is a network device driver allowed to modify dev->flags? For example: > > if (dev->flags & IFF_ALLMULTI) > dev->flags |= IFF_PROMISC; Maybe the right question is: Is it necessary for the driver to set the IFF_PROMISC flag if the device enters promiscuous mode because it doesn't support all-multicast mode? Regards, Rask Ingemann Lambertsen |
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