netdev - Re: Linux 4.6: VRF clarification for egress Broadcast Pk

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Date:   Sat, 13 Jan 2018 19:56:40 -0700
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Sukumar Gopalakrishnan <sukumarg1973@...il.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 4.6: VRF clarification for egress Broadcast Pk

On 1/13/18 11:18 AM, Sukumar Gopalakrishnan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> VRF egress processing routine does not process multicast packet but
> broadcast packet is not diverted.  I added code changes  to not to
> process broadcast packet by the VRF driver.. Is my assumption correct
> ?
> 


4.6 is not a release you want to use for VRF. I suggest 4.9 LTS at a
minimum, 4.10 if you want 'ip vrf exec' capability.