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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | linux/dev/glue/net.c | 3 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2007-10-09 Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org> + + * linux/dev/glue/net.c (device_open) <LINUX_IFF_ALLMULTI>: Comment. + 2007-10-08 Stefan Siegl <stesie@brokenpipe.de> * linux/dev/glue/net.c (device_open): Set LINUX_IFF_ALLMULTI flag diff --git a/linux/dev/glue/net.c b/linux/dev/glue/net.c index 1e07497..b76e098 100644 --- a/linux/dev/glue/net.c +++ b/linux/dev/glue/net.c @@ -398,6 +398,9 @@ device_open (ipc_port_t reply_port, mach_msg_type_name_t reply_port_type, } else { + /* IPv6 heavily relies on multicasting (especially router and + neighbor solicits and advertisements), so enable reception of + those multicast packets by setting `LINUX_IFF_ALLMULTI'. */ dev->flags |= LINUX_IFF_UP | LINUX_IFF_RUNNING | LINUX_IFF_ALLMULTI; skb_queue_head_init (&dev->buffs[0]); |