Herbert Xu wrote:

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> Patrick McHardy  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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