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| 1 | Behaviour of Cards Under Multicast | ||
| 2 | ================================== | ||
| 3 | |||
| 4 | This is how they currently behave, not what the hardware can do--for example, | ||
| 5 | the Lance driver doesn't use its filter, even though the code for loading | ||
| 6 | it is in the DEC Lance-based driver. | ||
| 7 | |||
| 8 | The following are requirements for multicasting | ||
| 9 | ----------------------------------------------- | ||
| 10 | AppleTalk Multicast hardware filtering not important but | ||
| 11 | avoid cards only doing promisc | ||
| 12 | IP-Multicast Multicast hardware filters really help | ||
| 13 | IP-MRoute AllMulti hardware filters are of no help | ||
| 14 | |||
| 15 | |||
| 16 | Board Multicast AllMulti Promisc Filter | ||
| 17 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ||
| 18 | 3c501 YES YES YES Software | ||
| 19 | 3c503 YES YES YES Hardware | ||
| 20 | 3c505 YES NO YES Hardware | ||
| 21 | 3c507 NO NO NO N/A | ||
| 22 | 3c509 YES YES YES Software | ||
| 23 | 3c59x YES YES YES Software | ||
| 24 | ac3200 YES YES YES Hardware | ||
| 25 | apricot YES PROMISC YES Hardware | ||
| 26 | arcnet NO NO NO N/A | ||
| 27 | at1700 PROMISC PROMISC YES Software | ||
| 28 | atp PROMISC PROMISC YES Software | ||
| 29 | cs89x0 YES YES YES Software | ||
| 30 | de4x5 YES YES YES Hardware | ||
| 31 | de600 NO NO NO N/A | ||
| 32 | de620 PROMISC PROMISC YES Software | ||
| 33 | depca YES PROMISC YES Hardware | ||
| 34 | dmfe YES YES YES Software(*) | ||
| 35 | e2100 YES YES YES Hardware | ||
| 36 | eepro YES PROMISC YES Hardware | ||
| 37 | eexpress NO NO NO N/A | ||
| 38 | ewrk3 YES PROMISC YES Hardware | ||
| 39 | hp-plus YES YES YES Hardware | ||
| 40 | hp YES YES YES Hardware | ||
| 41 | hp100 YES YES YES Hardware | ||
| 42 | ibmtr NO NO NO N/A | ||
| 43 | ioc3-eth YES YES YES Hardware | ||
| 44 | lance YES YES YES Software(#) | ||
| 45 | ne YES YES YES Hardware | ||
| 46 | ni52 <------------------ Buggy ------------------> | ||
| 47 | ni65 YES YES YES Software(#) | ||
| 48 | seeq NO NO NO N/A | ||
| 49 | sgiseek <------------------ Buggy ------------------> | ||
| 50 | sk_g16 NO NO YES N/A | ||
| 51 | smc-ultra YES YES YES Hardware | ||
| 52 | sunlance YES YES YES Hardware | ||
| 53 | tulip YES YES YES Hardware | ||
| 54 | wavelan YES PROMISC YES Hardware | ||
| 55 | wd YES YES YES Hardware | ||
| 56 | xirc2ps_cs YES YES YES Hardware | ||
| 57 | znet YES YES YES Software | ||
| 58 | |||
| 59 | |||
| 60 | PROMISC = This multicast mode is in fact promiscuous mode. Avoid using | ||
| 61 | cards who go PROMISC on any multicast in a multicast kernel. | ||
| 62 | |||
| 63 | (#) = Hardware multicast support is not used yet. | ||
| 64 | (*) = Hardware support for Davicom 9132 chipset only. | ||