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Re: Must dev->set_multicast_list() complete before returning?

from [David Brownell] [Permanent Link][Original]
To: Donald Becker <becker@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Must dev->set_multicast_list() complete before returning?
From: David Brownell <david-b@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 08:18:11 -0800
Cc: Rask Ingemann Lambertsen <rask@xxxxxxxxxx>, linux-net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
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Donald Becker wrote: 

I have not seen hardware where setting promiscuous mode is a queued
command.  If you have such hardware, you may have to do some extra
software filtering and accept missing some packets during transitions.


Every USB network adapter will need to queue such commands,
unless they don't support such operations at all.  So you
have probably seen such hardware, without realizing it!

I just looked ... none of them do any extra filtering.

- Dave








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