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Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast

From Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast
Date 2017-01-06 15:00 +0100
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> The bridge layer can use IGMP snooping to ensure that the multicast
> stream is only transmitted to clients that are actually a member of
> the group. Can the mac80211 feature do the same?

No, it'll convert the packet for all clients that are behind that
netdev. But that's an argument for dropping the mac80211 feature, which
hasn't been merged upstream yet, no?

johannes

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Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> - 2017-01-06 14:00 +0100
  Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name> - 2017-01-06 15:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> - 2017-01-06 15:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name> - 2017-01-06 15:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast "M. Braun" <michael-dev@fami-braun.de> - 2017-01-07 11:50 +0100
        Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@c0d3.blue> - 2017-01-07 16:00 +0100
          Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> - 2017-01-09 09:10 +0100
            Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast "M. Braun" <michael-dev@fami-braun.de> - 2017-01-09 13:00 +0100
              Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> - 2017-01-09 13:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast michael-dev <michael-dev@fami-braun.de> - 2017-01-09 16:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> - 2017-01-09 16:50 +0100
              Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@c0d3.blue> - 2017-01-09 22:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org> - 2017-01-09 22:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@c0d3.blue> - 2017-01-10 05:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> - 2017-01-10 12:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com> - 2017-01-10 18:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name> - 2017-01-10 18:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com> - 2017-01-10 19:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name> - 2017-01-10 22:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name> - 2017-01-11 12:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name> - 2017-01-11 13:30 +0100
  Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@c0d3.blue> - 2017-01-07 16:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> - 2017-01-09 09:10 +0100
      Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@c0d3.blue> - 2017-01-09 13:50 +0100
        Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> - 2017-01-09 13:50 +0100
          Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@c0d3.blue> - 2017-01-10 00:20 +0100
            Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> - 2017-01-11 10:20 +0100

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