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    SubjectRe: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast
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    On 2017-01-06 14:54, Johannes Berg wrote:
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    >> The bridge layer can use IGMP snooping to ensure that the multicast
    >> stream is only transmitted to clients that are actually a member of
    >> the group. Can the mac80211 feature do the same?
    >
    > No, it'll convert the packet for all clients that are behind that
    > netdev. But that's an argument for dropping the mac80211 feature, which
    > hasn't been merged upstream yet, no?
    Right.

    - Felix

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