From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Chris Friesen" Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] [e1000 VLAN] Disable vlan hw accel when promiscuous mode Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:43:24 -0600 Message-ID: <4738D70C.4060404@nortel.com> References: <47365200.0f10240a.0686.2173@mx.google.com> <47388988.1000506@intel.com> <47388B9F.7050308@trash.net> <20071112.143342.10809862.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kaber@trash.net, auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com, joonwpark81@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, djohnson+linux-kernel@sw.starentnetworks.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from zrtps0kn.nortel.com ([47.140.192.55]:61219 "EHLO zrtps0kn.nortel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755285AbXKLWnz (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:43:55 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20071112.143342.10809862.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org 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. Chris