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[undi] Ask for promiscuous packet reception when using UNDI driver

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We never set up specific multicast filters; native drivers will ask
the card to receive all multicast packets.  The only way to achieve
this via the UNDI API is to enable promiscuous mode.
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Michael Brown 2008-06-10 08:56:44 +01:00
parent 72c1bb8224
commit 798ddf884f
1 changed files with 6 additions and 2 deletions
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src/arch/i386/drivers/net/undinet.c
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@ -543,9 +543,13 @@ static int undinet_open ( struct net_device *netdev ) {
undinet_call ( undinic, PXENV_UNDI_SET_STATION_ADDRESS,
&undi_set_address, sizeof ( undi_set_address ) );
/* Open NIC */
/* Open NIC. We ask for promiscuous operation, since it's the
* only way to ask for all multicast addresses. On any
* switched network, it shouldn't really make a difference to
* performance.
*/
memset ( &undi_open, 0, sizeof ( undi_open ) );
undi_open.PktFilter = ( FLTR_DIRECTED | FLTR_BRDCST );
undi_open.PktFilter = ( FLTR_DIRECTED | FLTR_BRDCST | FLTR_PRMSCS );
if ( ( rc = undinet_call ( undinic, PXENV_UNDI_OPEN, &undi_open,
sizeof ( undi_open ) ) ) != 0 )
goto err;