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[MAC80211]: filter locally-originated multicast frames
authorJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:01:55 +0000 (17:01 -0400)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>
Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:48:56 +0000 (16:48 -0700)
commitb331615722779b078822988843ddffd4eaec9f83
tree81f9dd70c82e7fab1502aa7d79e971c004b0532dtree | snapshot
parent3c3b00caf98e5fdaa0184026a68f0008a5bf393ecommit | diff
[MAC80211]: filter locally-originated multicast frames

In STA mode, the AP will echo our traffic.  This includes multicast
traffic.

Receiving these frames confuses some protocols and applications,
notably IPv6 Duplicate Address Detection.

Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Acked-by: Michael Wu <flamingice@sourmilk.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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