Re: ALLMULTI broken?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 9 Jun 1998 13:37:13 +0100 (BST)


> Why is it no longer possible to set ALLMULTI on net devices for newer
> development kernels? Appletalk over ethernet requires this.

Appletalk atalkd adds the multicast groups it needs itself. If you need
to set IFF_ALLMULTI as well upgrade your ethernet drivers. Donald fixed
several multicast bugs

And yes it is a bug, but not for that reason but for the reason of tools
wanting to watch for all multicast traffic.

Alan

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