netdev - Re: [PATCH] bridge: mask forwarding of IEEE 802 local multicast groups

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Message-ID: <CAF5U64CE82LM=PTk5J70xakXeqYftNj9ix-2eb9BsGvyq19Bkg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:00:39 -0700
From:	Ed Swierk <eswierk@...switch.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Nick Carter <ncarter100@...il.com>,
	David Lamparter <equinox@...c24.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Michał Mirosław <mirqus@...il.com>,
	davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bridge: mask forwarding of IEEE 802 local multicast groups

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Stephen Hemminger
<shemminger@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> I prefer the netfilter solution because it is more general. We already have
> a firewall solution why shouldn't this case be part of it?

For my application, I just want the bridge to forward all link-local
frames as well as regular frames between a pair of interfaces. It
seems a little odd to use a mechanism like netfilter to tell the
bridge _not_ to drop frames that would otherwise be dropped.

But other than that minor issue, my strong preference is that either
your or Nick's patch be committed as soon as possible :-)

--Ed
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