Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast | From | Felix Fietkau <> | Date | Tue, 3 Jan 2017 14:15:29 +0100 |
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On 2017-01-02 20:32, Linus Lüssing wrote: > Implements an optional, per bridge port flag and feature to deliver > multicast packets to any host on the according port via unicast > individually. This is done by copying the packet per host and > changing the multicast destination MAC to a unicast one accordingly. > > multicast-to-unicast works on top of the multicast snooping feature of > the bridge. Which means unicast copies are only delivered to hosts which > are interested in it and signalized this via IGMP/MLD reports > previously. > > This feature is intended for interface types which have a more reliable > and/or efficient way to deliver unicast packets than broadcast ones > (e.g. wifi). > > However, it should only be enabled on interfaces where no IGMPv2/MLDv1 > report suppression takes place. This feature is disabled by default. > > The initial patch and idea is from Felix Fietkau. > > Cc: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name> > Signed-off-by: Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@c0d3.blue> Please add Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name> in the next version, and maybe also From:
Thanks,
- Felix
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