Re: 8260 ethernet driver multicast problem

[Pantelis Antoniou <panto@intracom.gr>]

Robin Mathew wrote:
> Hi,
> I was encountering a problem with the receipt of multicast packets from eth
> interface in 8260 platform. The issue was traced to the fcc_enet.c driver. A
> stray return in the set_multicast_list function was the culprit.
> 
> The following is the changes that I have made-
> 
> Index: fcc_enet.c
> @@ -1488,7 +1488,6 @@
> 
>      cep = (struct fcc_enet_private *)dev->priv;
> 
> -return;
>      /* Get pointer to FCC area in parameter RAM.
>      */
>      ep = (fcc_enet_t *)dev->base_addr;
> 
> 
> Can you please tell me whether there is any issue with setting the driver in
> multicast or promiscous mode. Was this change deliberately done or is it
> really a bug?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Robin
> 

Robin, what's the kernel version you're using?

If you're using 2.6 there's a brand new driver you can use.

Regards

Pantelis