Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 18:20:09 -0800 (PST) From: Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org> To: Bill Paul <wpaul@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: asmodai@wxs.nl, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/net if_ethersubr.c Message-ID: <200102090220.SAA57781@curve.dellroad.org> In-Reply-To: <20010208232101.8135E37C191@hub.freebsd.org> "from Bill Paul at Feb 8, 2001 03:21:01 pm"
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Bill Paul writes: > > > When we receive an incoming Ethernet frame that was unicast to a > > > different hardware address, we should drop it (this should only > > > happen in promiscuous mode). > > > > You mean: > > > > In promiscuous mode we don't drop it? Whilst in normal mode we drop the > > erroneous unicast frame? > > > > The sentence is a bit ambiguous to my eyes, hence the call for > > clarification. > > I'm hoping he means: "this should only happen if the IFF_PROMISC flag > is set on the interface." Sounds like a sanity check to me -- ideally > the driver should not let this happen -- but I agree, this explanation > should be clearer. Sorry.. about that. That is what it means. The parenthetical remark refers to the reception of a unicast packet sent to a different address. In non-promicuous mode we won't receive that packet (assuming the driver isn't broken). -Archie __________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * Packet Design * http://www.packetdesign.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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