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

2017-01-09 Thread M. Braun
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

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

2017-01-09 Thread M. Braun
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

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

2017-01-07 Thread M. Braun
Am 06.01.2017 um 14:54 schrieb Johannes Berg: > >> 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

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

2017-01-07 Thread M. Braun
Am 06.01.2017 um 14:54 schrieb Johannes Berg: > >> 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