Patrick McHardy  wrote:

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>> I've had a look at the dev.c file in 2.6.27, and my very naive guess

>> is that as the handle_bridge() call is before the handle_macvlan() call,

>> because the incoming real physical interface is not part of the bridge,

>> the incoming unicast packet is being dropped, before the macvlan code

>> gets a look at it.

>

> Yes, that seems correct.

Would it be possible to implement promiscuous mode for macvlans by

simply keeping a separate list of macvlan devices in promiscuous

mode and sending all inbound packets to them?
This should make bridging work, right?
Cheers,

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