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 14:57:16 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20071112.145716.06352378.davem@davemloft.net> References: <47388B9F.7050308@trash.net> <20071112.143342.10809862.davem@davemloft.net> <4738D70C.4060404@nortel.com> 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, kaber@trash.net To: cfriesen@nortel.com Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4738D70C.4060404@nortel.com> 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: "Chris Friesen" Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:43:24 -0600 > David Miller wrote: > > > 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. > > For max functionality it seems like the raw eth device should show > everything on the wire in promiscuous mode. > > If we want to sniff only the traffic for a specific vlan, we can sniff > the vlan device. VLAN settings are a filter of sorts, much like plugging into one switch or another filters traffic physically. If you don't want that filter, turn the VLAN settings off. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/