Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 09:20:02 -0800 (PST) From: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: i386/3048: multicast support in some drivers Message-ID: <199703261720.JAA26492@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR i386/3048; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: Re: i386/3048: multicast support in some drivers Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 09:13:32 PST To settle the issue of whether or not the Etherlink cards support multicast group filters, I quote from the EtherLink III Paralell Tasking ISA, EISA, Micro Channel, and PCMCIA Adapter Drivers Technical Reference: At power-up, the Receive filter defaults to zero and must be set with this command before any packets can be received. Enabling group address reception implies broadcast reception. There is no individual filtering of group/multicast addresses. Promiscuous mode implies all others. Thus, the comment in the if_ep.c driver is a little misleading; it's the card that doesn't support individual group filters. Bill
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