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From: David Lamparter <equinox@diac24.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bridge: mask forwarding of IEEE 802 local multicast
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:33:45 +0200
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On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 06:03:57PM +0200, David Lamparter wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 04:44:50PM +0100, Nick Carter wrote:
> > On 12 July 2011 12:36, David Lamparter <equinox@diac24.net> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 08:27:55AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > >> I am still undecided on this. Understand the need, but don't like idea
> > >> of bridge behaving in non-conforming manner. Will see if IEEE 802 committee
> > >> has any input.
> > >
> > > The patch doesn't make the bridge behave nonconformant. The default mask
> > > is 0, which just keeps the old behaviour.

P.S.: I'd like to once more stress this. In my opinion the patch should
be merged because it provides desireable functionality at a small cost
(one test, one knob) and __does not change any default behaviour__.