8260 ethernet driver multicast problem

[Vitaly Bordug]

Andy Fleming wrote:
> 
> On Dec 14, 2005, at 09:20, Pantelis Antoniou wrote:
> 
>> Robin Mathew wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I was encountering a problem with the receipt of multicast packets 
>>> from eth
>>> interface in 8260 platform. The issue was traced to the fcc_enet.c 
>>> driver. A
>>> stray return in the set_multicast_list function was the culprit.
>>> The following is the changes that I have made-
>>> Index: fcc_enet.c
>>> @@ -1488,7 +1488,6 @@
>>>      cep = (struct fcc_enet_private *)dev->priv;
>>> -return;
>>>      /* Get pointer to FCC area in parameter RAM.
>>>      */
>>>      ep = (fcc_enet_t *)dev->base_addr;
>>> Can you please tell me whether there is any issue with setting the 
>>> driver in
>>> multicast or promiscous mode. Was this change deliberately done or is it
>>> really a bug?
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> Robin
>>
>> Robin, what's the kernel version you're using?
>>
>> If you're using 2.6 there's a brand new driver you can use.
> 
> 
> Has 8260 platform support been pushed out yet?
> 
Guess it's not in the stock so far (And I have to update ppc_sys to make the things right), but patches are available here in the list archives.
> 
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Sincerely, 
Vitaly