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Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:20:50 -0800 From: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com> To: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com> CC: netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 1/4] net: generic fdb support for drivers without ndo_fdb_<op> On 3/1/2013 7:31 AM, Vlad Yasevich wrote: > If the driver does not support the ndo_op use the generic > handler for it. This should work in the majority of cases. > Eventually the fdb_dflt_add call gets translated into a > __dev_set_rx_mode() call which should handle hardware > support for filtering via the IFF_UNICAST_FLT flag. > > Namely IFF_UNICAST_FLT indicates if the hardware can do > unicast address filtering. If no support is available > the device is put into promisc mode. > > CC: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com> > Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com> > --- > include/linux/rtnetlink.h | 9 +++++ > net/core/rtnetlink.c | 81 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- > 2 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com> Feel free to carry the line forward when you submit these after net-next opens. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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