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Message-Id: <20071112.145716.06352378.davem@davemloft.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:57:16 -0800 (PST)
From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To: cfriesen@...tel.com
Cc: kaber@...sh.net, auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com, joonwpark81@...il.com,
netdev@...r.kernel.org,
djohnson+linux-kernel@...starentnetworks.com,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] [e1000 VLAN] Disable vlan hw accel when
promiscuous mode
From: "Chris Friesen" <cfriesen@...tel.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:43:24 -0600
> David Miller wrote:
>
> > When you select VLAN, you by definition are asking for non-VLAN
> > traffic to be elided. It is like plugging the ethernet cable
> > into one switch or another.
>
> For max functionality it seems like the raw eth device should show
> everything on the wire in promiscuous mode.
>
> If we want to sniff only the traffic for a specific vlan, we can sniff
> the vlan device.
VLAN settings are a filter of sorts, much like plugging into
one switch or another filters traffic physically.
If you don't want that filter, turn the VLAN settings off.
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