From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [net-next 0/4] tipc: emulate multicast through replication Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 12:10:34 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20170120.121034.1107664043634334940.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1484765453-16258-1-git-send-email-jon.maloy@ericsson.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, tipc-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net To: jon.maloy@ericsson.com Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1484765453-16258-1-git-send-email-jon.maloy@ericsson.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tipc-discussion-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Jon Maloy Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 13:50:49 -0500 > TIPC multicast messages are currently distributed via L2 broadcast > or IP multicast to all nodes in the cluster, irrespective of the > number of real destinations of the message. > > In this series we introduce an option to transport messages via > replication ("replicast") across a selected number of unicast links, > instead of relying on the underlying media. This option is used when > true broadcast/multicast is not supported by the media, or when the > number of true destinations is much smaller than the cluster size. Series applied, thanks Jon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot