Linus Lüssing
2017-Jan-10 04:18 UTC
[Bridge] [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast
On Mon, Jan 09, 2017 at 01:30:32PM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:> I wonder if MAC80211 should be doing IGMP snooping and not bridge > in this environment.In the long term, yes. For now, not quite sure. I personally like to go for simple solutions first :).
Johannes Berg
2017-Jan-10 10:56 UTC
[Bridge] [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast
On Tue, 2017-01-10 at 05:18 +0100, Linus L?ssing wrote:> On Mon, Jan 09, 2017 at 01:30:32PM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > I wonder if MAC80211 should be doing IGMP snooping and not bridge > > in this environment. > > In the long term, yes. For now, not quite sure.There's no "for now" in the kernel. Code added now will have to be maintained essentially forever. johannes