Last discussion that happened:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=104163060100001&r=1&w=2
cheers,
jamal
On Thu, 2003-07-31 at 11:09, Rick Payne wrote:
> --On Thursday, July 31, 2003 10:44 am -0400 Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Hardware that filters N MAC addresses (unicast filtering) doesn't have a
> > terribly standard interface, and the unicast filter must be adjusted at
>
> Indeed but where its possible to support it, it can be - and those cards
> will be specified by those who need it (for HA, VRRP etc).
>
> > different times on different hardware. Also, chip bugs lead one to think
> > unicast filtering will work where it doesn't. Also, chip limits for some
> > of the more popular chips are unknown. Also, the need for this feature
> > is very uncommon, and can be achieved in other ways.
>
> As I said - promiscuous mode and filtering on the receive side - which is
> what you have to resort to anyway for those cards that don't support it.
>
> Alternatively, its just another patch people need to add to make things do
> what they want - just like the ARP patch.
>
> Rick
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