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

From Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@c0d3.blue>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH net-next] bridge: multicast to unicast
Date 2017-01-09 22:30 +0100
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On Mon, Jan 09, 2017 at 12:44:19PM +0100, M. Braun wrote:
> Am 09.01.2017 um 09:08 schrieb Johannes Berg:
> > Does it make sense to implement the two in separate layers though?
> > 
> > Clearly, this part needs to be implemented in the bridge layer due to
> > the snooping knowledge, but the code is very similar to what mac80211
> > has now.
> 
> Does the bridge always know about all stations connected?

The bridge does not always know about all stations, especially the
silent ones like in your DVB-T example.

However, concerning IP multicast, there is IGMP/MLD. So the bridge
does know about all stations which are interested in a specific IP
multicast stream.

(As long as there is a querier on the link, which periodically
queriers for IGMP/MLD reports from any listener. If there is no
querier then the bridge multicast snooping, including the bridge
multicast-to-unicast will fall back to flooding)


So if your television example uses IP multicast properly, it is
completely doable with the bridge multicast-to-unicast, thanks to
IGMP/MLD.

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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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