netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast

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Message-ID: <20170106191356.43740a26@xeon-e3>
Date:   Fri, 6 Jan 2017 19:13:56 -0800
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@...3.blue>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, Felix Fietkau <nbd@....name>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast

On Mon,  2 Jan 2017 20:32:14 +0100
Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@...3.blue> wrote:

> This feature is intended for interface types which have a more reliable
> and/or efficient way to deliver unicast packets than broadcast ones
> (e.g. wifi).


Why is this not done in MAC80211 rather than  bridge?