From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: Multicast snooping fixes and suggestions Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:46:44 -0800 Message-ID: <4D65E2B4.1010501@zytor.com> References: <1297811961-19249-1-git-send-email-linus.luessing@web.de> <4D65CD81.4070203@zytor.com> <20110224040412.GA25488@gondor.apana.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: =?UTF-8?B?TGludXMgTMO8c3Npbmc=?= , Stephen Hemminger , "David S. Miller" , bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: Herbert Xu Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20110224040412.GA25488@gondor.apana.org.au> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On 02/23/2011 08:04 PM, Herbert Xu wrote: > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 07:16:17PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> >> Are these packets likely to address that situation (or am I just plain >> doing something stupid)? > > No these patches deal with IPv6 multicast support in the bridge and > are not related to your problem. > > If you're using the bridge for virtualisation and you know that > you don't have a loop in your setup, then one option would be to > disable STP on your bridge. Hi, I have disabled STP on the bridge; it doesn't change the behavior. -hpa -- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.