netdev - Re: [VLAN] set_rx_mode support for unicast address list

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Date:	Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:27:31 +0100
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Chris Leech <christopher.leech@...el.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [VLAN] set_rx_mode support for unicast address list

Chris Leech wrote:
> Reuse the existing logic for multicast list synchronization for the unicast
> address list. The core of dev_mc_sync/unsync are split out as
> __dev_addr_sync/unsync and moved from dev_mcast.c to dev.c.  These are then
> used to implement dev_unicast_sync/unsync as well.
> 
> I'm working on cleaning up Intel's FCoE stack, which generates new MAC
> addresses from the fibre channel device id assigned by the fabric as per the
> current draft specification in T11.  When using such a protocol in a VLAN
> environment it would be nice to not always be forced into promiscuous mode,
> assuming the underlying Ethernet driver supports multiple unicast addresses as
> well.


Looks good, applied. Thanks Chris.
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