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Diffstat (limited to 'linux/dev')
| -rw-r--r-- | linux/dev/glue/net.c | 3 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
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]); |