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1 | Behaviour of Cards Under Multicast |
2 | ================================== | |
3 | ||
4 | This is how they currently behave, not what the hardware can do--for example, | |
5 | the Lance driver doesn't use its filter, even though the code for loading | |
6 | it is in the DEC Lance-based driver. | |
7 | ||
8 | The following are requirements for multicasting | |
9 | ----------------------------------------------- | |
10 | AppleTalk Multicast hardware filtering not important but | |
11 | avoid cards only doing promisc | |
12 | IP-Multicast Multicast hardware filters really help | |
13 | IP-MRoute AllMulti hardware filters are of no help | |
14 | ||
15 | ||
16 | Board Multicast AllMulti Promisc Filter | |
17 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |
18 | 3c501 YES YES YES Software | |
19 | 3c503 YES YES YES Hardware | |
20 | 3c505 YES NO YES Hardware | |
21 | 3c507 NO NO NO N/A | |
22 | 3c509 YES YES YES Software | |
23 | 3c59x YES YES YES Software | |
24 | ac3200 YES YES YES Hardware | |
25 | apricot YES PROMISC YES Hardware | |
26 | arcnet NO NO NO N/A | |
27 | at1700 PROMISC PROMISC YES Software | |
28 | atp PROMISC PROMISC YES Software | |
29 | cs89x0 YES YES YES Software | |
30 | de4x5 YES YES YES Hardware | |
31 | de600 NO NO NO N/A | |
32 | de620 PROMISC PROMISC YES Software | |
33 | depca YES PROMISC YES Hardware | |
34 | dmfe YES YES YES Software(*) | |
35 | e2100 YES YES YES Hardware | |
36 | eepro YES PROMISC YES Hardware | |
37 | eexpress NO NO NO N/A | |
38 | ewrk3 YES PROMISC YES Hardware | |
39 | hp-plus YES YES YES Hardware | |
40 | hp YES YES YES Hardware | |
41 | hp100 YES YES YES Hardware | |
42 | ibmtr NO NO NO N/A | |
43 | ioc3-eth YES YES YES Hardware | |
44 | lance YES YES YES Software(#) | |
45 | ne YES YES YES Hardware | |
46 | ni52 <------------------ Buggy ------------------> | |
47 | ni65 YES YES YES Software(#) | |
48 | seeq NO NO NO N/A | |
49 | sgiseek <------------------ Buggy ------------------> | |
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50 | smc-ultra YES YES YES Hardware |
51 | sunlance YES YES YES Hardware | |
52 | tulip YES YES YES Hardware | |
53 | wavelan YES PROMISC YES Hardware | |
54 | wd YES YES YES Hardware | |
55 | xirc2ps_cs YES YES YES Hardware | |
56 | znet YES YES YES Software | |
57 | ||
58 | ||
59 | PROMISC = This multicast mode is in fact promiscuous mode. Avoid using | |
60 | cards who go PROMISC on any multicast in a multicast kernel. | |
61 | ||
62 | (#) = Hardware multicast support is not used yet. | |
63 | (*) = Hardware support for Davicom 9132 chipset only. |