Re: [PATCH 2/2] [e1000 VLAN] Disable vlan hw accel when promiscuousmode

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:51:20 +0900
"Joonwoo Park" <joonwpark81@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> IMHO even though netdevice is in the promiscuous mode, we should receive all of ingress packets.
> This disable the vlan filtering feature when a vlan hw accel configured e1000 device goes into promiscuous mode.
> This make packets visible to sniffers though it's not vlan id of itself.
> Any check, comments will be appreciated.
> Thanks.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joonwoo Park <joonwpark81@xxxxxxxxx>

Promiscuous has other uses such as bridging. Would this patch break any
existing users startup scripts?
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