netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: remove multicast filter limit

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Message-Id: 
 <170123162642.8478.15627805421426361159.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 04:20:26 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc: nic_swsd@...ltek.com, pabeni@...hat.com, kuba@...nel.org,
 edumazet@...gle.com, davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: remove multicast filter limit

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Mon, 27 Nov 2023 21:16:10 +0100 you wrote:
> Once upon a time, when r8169 was new, the multicast filter limit code
> was copied from RTL8139 driver. There the filter limit is even
> user-configurable.
> The filtering is hash-based and we don't have perfect filtering.
> Actually the mc filtering on RTL8125 still seems to be the same
> as used on 8390/NE2000. So it's not clear to me which benefit it
> should bring when switching to all-multi mode once a certain number
> of filter bits is set. More the opposite: Filtering out at least
> some unwanted mc traffic is better than no filtering.
> Also the available chip documentation doesn't mention any restriction.
> Therefore remove the filter limit.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next] r8169: remove multicast filter limit
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/cd04b44bf055

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