From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] [e1000 VLAN] Disable vlan hw accel when promiscuous mode Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:33:42 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20071112.143342.10809862.davem@davemloft.net> References: <47365200.0f10240a.0686.2173@mx.google.com> <47388988.1000506@intel.com> <47388B9F.7050308@trash.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com, e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, djohnson+linux-kernel@sw.starentnetworks.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, joonwpark81@gmail.com To: kaber@trash.net Return-path: In-Reply-To: <47388B9F.7050308@trash.net> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: e1000-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: e1000-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Patrick McHardy Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:21:35 +0100 > Do you really consider that a realistic choice? Who is going to > remove interfaces that are in use just to see traffic for other > VLANs? Sniffing specific VLANs can always be done on the VLAN > device itself. Change the example to wanting to see traffic on another physical switch. How is this any different? > IMO its more a question of what we want promiscous mode to mean, > and I tend to agree with Joonwoo that it should receive all packets. On what LAN? When you select VLAN, you by definition are asking for non-VLAN traffic to be elided. It is like plugging the ethernet cable into one switch or another. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/