From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Hemminger Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] [e1000 VLAN] Disable vlan hw accel when promiscuous mode Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:43:26 -0800 Message-ID: <20071113124326.51c3607c@freepuppy.rosehill> References: <47365200.0f10240a.0686.2173@mx.google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, 'Dave Johnson' , 'David Miller' , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: "Joonwoo Park" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <47365200.0f10240a.0686.2173@mx.google.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 On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:51:20 +0900 "Joonwoo Park" wrote: > IMHO even though netdevice is in the promiscuous mode, we should receive all of ingress packets. > This disable the vlan filtering feature when a vlan hw accel configured e1000 device goes into promiscuous mode. > This make packets visible to sniffers though it's not vlan id of itself. > Any check, comments will be appreciated. > Thanks. > > Signed-off-by: Joonwoo Park Promiscuous has other uses such as bridging. Would this patch break any existing users startup scripts? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/