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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen-OTpzqLSitTUnbdJkjeBofR2eb7JE58TQ@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH]  vmxnet3: initialize receive mode correctly
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 17:33:59 -0700
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On Fri, 01 Aug 2014 16:50:06 +0200
Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> 2014-07-25 10:50, Stephen Hemminger:
> > The driver must listen to broadcast packets, like other devices.
> > Otherwise protocols like ARP won't work!
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen-OTpzqLSitTUnbdJkjeBofR2eb7JE58TQ@public.gmane.org>
> 
> > -	vmxnet3_dev_set_rxmode(hw, VMXNET3_RXM_UCAST | VMXNET3_RXM_ALL_MULTI, 1);
> > +	vmxnet3_dev_set_rxmode(hw, VMXNET3_RXM_UCAST | VMXNET3_RXM_BCAST, 1);
> 
> It's also removing multicast at init. No comment so I assume everybody agrees.
> 
> Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon-pdR9zngts4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> 
> Applied for version 1.7.1.
> 
> Thanks

My general rule is to make all drivers behave the same.
In DPDK, the ixgbe driver is the "best known" reference.
In that driver "multicast promiscious" is disabled by default.