Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 21:46:56 +0000 (GMT) From: wpaul@FreeBSD.ORG (Bill Paul) To: scottl@samsco.org (Scott Long) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Multicast does not work with Dell 2950 with Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T Message-ID: <20061109214656.C5C0416A415@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <45524167.5000707@samsco.org> from Scott Long at "Nov 8, 2006 01:43:19 pm"
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> I'll add this to my TODO list. Is setting promisc mode a good > enough work-around for now? > > Scott No, forcing on the IFF_ALLMULTI flag during driver initialization is a good enough workaround for now (assuming the driver actually programs the RX filter correctly in all-multicast mode). ifp->if_flags = IFF_BROADCAST | IFF_SIMPLEX | IFF_MULTICAST; ifp->if_flags |= IFF_ALLMULTI; /* Add me */ It's still a hack, but less of a hack than putting the interface in promisc mode. -Bill > > Michael Peer wrote: > > That was my thoughts. > > > > Is there a better place for me to report this? > > > > Michael Peer > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Baldwin [mailto:jhb@freebsd.org] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 10:50 AM > > To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org > > Cc: Michael Peer; davidch@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: Multicast does not work with Dell 2950 with Broadcom > > NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T > > > > On Tuesday 07 November 2006 18:45, Michael Peer wrote: > > > >>GB 0 interface is listed as bce1, and GB 1 is listed as bce1. Do not > >>see that with older dells that use em0, and em1 on-board NIC, > >> > >>Funny thing is if I run tcpdump -i bce0 net 224.0.0.0/8 then the > > > > router > > > >>works! > > > > > > That would indicate a bug in the multicast filter setup in the bce(4) > > driver. > > > >
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