Herbert Xu wrote:
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> Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> wrote:
>>> 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?

I think that should work, at least if we also put the underlying device
in promiscous mode. It wouldn't really be *mac*vlan anymore though :)

I've put it on my TODO list, though I won't be able to take care
of this any time soon.
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