Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Aug 2019 23:02:33 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] net: core: Notify on changes to dev->promiscuity. | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us> Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 07:39:40 +0200
> Because the "promisc mode" would gain another meaning. Now how the > driver should guess which meaning the user ment when he setted it? > filter or trap? > > That is very confusing. If the flag is the way to do this, let's > introduce another flag, like IFF_TRAPPING indicating that user wants > exactly this.
I don't understand how the meaning of promiscuous mode for a networking device has suddenly become ambiguous, when did this start happening?
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