netdev - Re: [PATCH] zd1211rw: Support for multicast addresses

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Date:	Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:50:36 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...l.org>
To:	Daniel Drake <dsd@...too.org>
Cc:	linville@...driver.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kune@...ne-taler.de, benoit.papillault@...e.fr
Subject: Re: [PATCH] zd1211rw: Support for multicast addresses

On Fri,  1 Dec 2006 00:58:07 +0000 (GMT)
Daniel Drake <dsd@...too.org> wrote:

> From: Ulrich Kunitz <kune@...ne-taler.de>
> 
> Support for multicast adresses is implemented by supporting the
> set_multicast_list() function of the network device. Address
> filtering is supported by a group hash table in the device.
> 
> This is based on earlier work by Benoit Papillaut. Fixes multicast packet
> reception and ipv6 connectivity:
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7424
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7425
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ulrich Kunitz <kune@...ne-taler.de>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake <dsd@...too.org>


Why all the trouble do it off work queue? Is someone calling
set_multicast_list with IRQ's disabled?
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