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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] allow netif frontend to indicate ethernet multicast groups of interest


  • To: David Edmondson <dme@xxxxxxx>
  • From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:54:45 +0000
  • Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Delivery-date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:55:34 -0800
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xensource.com>
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  • Thread-topic: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] allow netif frontend to indicate ethernet multicast groups of interest

On 22/11/07 15:34, "David Edmondson" <dme@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 22 Nov 2007, at 2:01pm, Keir Fraser wrote:
>> How does a frontend detect whether these options are supported by the
>> backend?
> 
> The backend declares support by setting "feature-multicast-control"
> in xenstore. The frontend indicates that it will use the support by
> setting "request-multicast-control".

What does the backend do with "request-multicast-control"? Does it turn off
multicast flooding for this vif?

 -- Keir



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