netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/9] sfc: support for cascaded multicast filtering

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Message-Id: <20150721.222149.1949874133910212214.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 21 Jul 2015 22:21:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ecree@...arflare.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/9] sfc: support for cascaded multicast
 filtering

From: Edward Cree <ecree@...arflare.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2015 15:07:44 +0100

> Recent versions of firmware for SFC9100 adapters add support for filter
>  chaining, in which packets matching multiple filters are delivered to all
>  filters' recipients, rather than only the highest match-priority filter as was
>  previously the case.
> This patch series enables this feature and redesigns the filter handling code
>  to make use of it; in particular, subscribing to a multicast address on one
>  function no longer prevents traffic to that address reaching another function
>  which is in promiscuous or allmulti mode.
> If the firmware does not support filter chaining, the driver will fall back to
>  the old behaviour.

Series applied, thanks.
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