On Jul 20, 2006, at 10:45 AM, Harnois Anne-Sophie wrote:
> In the file arch/ppc/8260_io/fcc_enet.c, set_multicast_list
> function is
> commented out and I can't figure out why.
Read the mailing list archives.
> I checked the code, removed the comments and tried it, and multicast
> seemed to work properly.
Sorry, but that code will never work on a 82xx.
> What am I missing?
> Could someone explain me why this is commented out?
Because it was copied from the 8xx many years ago when
I ported the driver, and the 82xx lacks the CRC generator
support. You can enable promiscuous mode, which is
what I suspect you did, and then the Linux IP stack will
do the multicast filtering.
By the way, this driver is obsolete and you should be
using the version in drivers/net/fs_enet.
Thanks.
-- Dan
