Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758828AbXKLWoQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:44:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755575AbXKLWn5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:43:57 -0500 Received: from zrtps0kn.nortel.com ([47.140.192.55]:61219 "EHLO zrtps0kn.nortel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755285AbXKLWnz (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:43:55 -0500 Message-ID: <4738D70C.4060404@nortel.com> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:43:24 -0600 From: "Chris Friesen" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2-6 (X11/20050513) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Miller CC: kaber@trash.net, auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com, joonwpark81@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, djohnson+linux-kernel@sw.starentnetworks.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] [e1000 VLAN] Disable vlan hw accel when promiscuous mode References: <47365200.0f10240a.0686.2173@mx.google.com> <47388988.1000506@intel.com> <47388B9F.7050308@trash.net> <20071112.143342.10809862.davem@davemloft.net> In-Reply-To: <20071112.143342.10809862.davem@davemloft.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Nov 2007 22:43:28.0076 (UTC) FILETIME=[713900C0:01C8257D] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 635 Lines: 18 David Miller wrote: > When you select VLAN, you by definition are asking for non-VLAN > traffic to be elided. It is like plugging the ethernet cable > into one switch or another. For max functionality it seems like the raw eth device should show everything on the wire in promiscuous mode. If we want to sniff only the traffic for a specific vlan, we can sniff the vlan device. Chris - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/