From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Hemminger Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 19:13:56 -0800 Message-ID: <20170106191356.43740a26@xeon-e3> References: <20170102193214.31723-1-linus.luessing@c0d3.blue> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "David S . Miller" , Felix Fietkau To: Linus =?UTF-8?B?TMO8c3Npbmc=?= Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20170102193214.31723-1-linus.luessing@c0d3.blue> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: bridge-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org Errors-To: bridge-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2 Jan 2017 20:32:14 +0100 Linus L=C3=BCssing wrote: > This feature is intended for interface types which have a more reliable > and/or efficient way to deliver unicast packets than broadcast ones > (e.g. wifi). Why is this not done in MAC80211 rather than bridge?