From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ben Greear Subject: Re: [PATCH] macvlan: Set IFF_UNICAST_FLT flag to prevent unnecessary promisc mode. Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:27:27 -0800 Message-ID: <5138F82F.6010005@candelatech.com> References: <1362687708-8685-1-git-send-email-vyasevic@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Vlad Yasevich Return-path: Received: from mail.candelatech.com ([208.74.158.172]:40281 "EHLO ns3.lanforge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933238Ab3CGU1a (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Mar 2013 15:27:30 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1362687708-8685-1-git-send-email-vyasevic@redhat.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 03/07/2013 12:21 PM, Vlad Yasevich wrote: > Macvlan already supports hw address filters. Set the IFF_UNICAST_FLT > so that it doesn't needlesly enter PROMISC mode when macvlans are > stacked. Out of curiosity, how can stacking mac-vlans be useful? (You are stacking more macvlans on a base mac-vlan?) Thanks, Ben -- Ben Greear Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com