patch-2.1.67 linux/Documentation/networking/multicast.txt

• Lines: 58
• Date: Sat Nov 29 10:33:18 1997
• Orig file: v2.1.66/linux/Documentation/networking/multicast.txt
• Orig date: Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969

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+Behaviour of cards under Multicast. This is how they currently 
+behave not what the hardware can do. In particular all the 8390 based
+cards don't use the onboard hash filter, and the lance driver doesn't
+use its filter, even though the code for loading it is in the DEC
+lance based driver.
+
+The following multicast requirements are needed
+-----------------------------------------------
+Appletalk	Multicast	hardware filtering not important but
+				 avoid cards only doing promisc
+IP-Multicast	Multicast	hardware filters really help
+IP-MRoute	AllMulti	hardware filters are of no help
+
+
+Board		Multicast	AllMulti	Promisc		Filter
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+3c501		YES		YES		YES		Software
+3c503		YES		YES		YES		Hardware
+3c505		YES		NO		YES		Hardware
+3c507		NO		NO		NO		N/A
+3c509		YES		YES		YES		Software
+3c59x		YES		YES		YES		Software
+ac3200		YES		YES		YES		Hardware
+apricot		YES		PROMISC		YES		Hardware
+arcnet		NO		NO		NO		N/A
+at1700		PROMISC		PROMISC		YES		Software
+atp		PROMISC		PROMISC		YES		Software
+cs89x0		YES		YES		YES		Software
+de4x5		YES		YES		YES		Hardware
+de600		NO		NO		NO		N/A
+de620		PROMISC		PROMISC		YES		Software
+depca		YES		PROMISC		YES		Hardware
+e2100		YES		YES		YES		Hardware
+eepro		YES		PROMISC		YES		Hardware
+eexpress	NO		NO		NO		N/A
+ewrk3		YES		PROMISC		YES		Hardware
+hp-plus		YES		YES		YES		Hardware
+hp		YES		YES		YES		Hardware
+hp100		YES		YES		YES		Hardware
+ibmtr		NO		NO		NO		N/A
+lance		YES		YES		YES		Software(#)
+ne		YES		YES		YES		Hardware
+ni52		<------------------ Buggy ------------------>
+ni65		YES		YES		YES		Software(#)
+seeq		NO		NO		NO		N/A
+sk_g16		NO		NO		YES		N/A
+smc-ultra	YES		YES		YES		Hardware
+sunlance	YES		YES		YES		Hardware
+tulip		YES		YES		YES		Hardware
+wavelan		YES		PROMISC		YES		Hardware
+wd		YES		YES		YES		Hardware
+znet		YES		YES		YES		Software
+
+
+PROMISC = This multicasts mode is in fact promiscuous mode. Avoid using
+cards who go PROMISC on any multicast in a multicast kernel.
+(#) = Hardware multicast support is not used yet.