Re: [PATCH net-next] sfc: don't insert mc_list on low-latency firmware if it's too long

From: Edward Cree Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 17:02:49 +0100 > If the mc_list is longer than 256 addresses, we enter mc_promisc mode. > If we're in mc_promisc mode and the firmware doesn't support cascaded > multicast, normally we also insert our mc_list, to prevent stealing by

[PATCH net-next] sfc: don't insert mc_list on low-latency firmware if it's too long

If the mc_list is longer than 256 addresses, we enter mc_promisc mode. If we're in mc_promisc mode and the firmware doesn't support cascaded multicast, normally we also insert our mc_list, to prevent stealing by another VI. However, if the mc_list was too long, this isn't really helpful - the