netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 0/6] Allow bridge to function in non-promisc mode

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Date:	Thu, 2 May 2013 10:23:31 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:	Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	mst@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 0/6] Allow bridge to function in non-promisc
 mode

Doing research on another problem, I noticed that this would
break user mode spanning tree (RSTP) code.

The daemon assumes that bridge is promicious mode and therefore
will receive all link-level multicast packets.
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