On 2015-08-23 17:19, Linus Lüssing wrote:
> The multicast_router option of a bridge allows to control the forwarding
> behaviour of multicast packets independant of the listener state:
>
> * 0: Only forward if specific listener is present
> * 1 (default): Forward if specific listener or a multicast router
> was detected (currently only learned via query messages, no MRD
> support yet)
> * 2: Always forward any multicast traffic on this port
>
> Since MRD is not mandated you might end up with silent multicast routers
> (e.g. if your link has more than one multicast router; only one can
> become the selected, "noisy" querier). Here you might need a manual
> configuration option like the "multicast_router" option.
>
> Other scenarios where this can be useful are for instance:
> * Segmentation of IGMP/MLD domains together with ebtables
> * Dedicated bridge port for monitoring/debugging purposes
>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Lüssing <linus.luess...@c0d3.blue>
> ---
> device.c | 12 ++++++++++++
> device.h | 3 +++
> system-linux.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/device.c b/device.c
> index b44ccb8..d6e288c 100644
> --- a/device.c
> +++ b/device.c
> @@ -281,6 +283,14 @@ device_init_settings(struct device *dev, struct
> blob_attr **tb)
> s->flags |= DEV_OPT_MULTICAST_TO_UNICAST;
> }
>
> + if ((cur = tb[DEV_ATTR_MULTICAST_ROUTER])) {
> + s->multicast_router = blobmsg_get_u32(cur);
> + if (s->multicast_router >= 0 && s->multicast_router <= 2)
Applied the netifd patches with a minor modification: Removed the >= 0
test because the field is unsigned (fixes a compiler warning).
Thanks,
- Felix
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