Return-path: Received: from mail-lf0-f42.google.com ([209.85.215.42]:34377 "EHLO mail-lf0-f42.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751130AbdBTRuK (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Feb 2017 12:50:10 -0500 Received: by mail-lf0-f42.google.com with SMTP id g134so9845016lfe.1 for ; Mon, 20 Feb 2017 09:50:09 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] rtl8187: Enable monitor mode to fix multicast reception To: Larry Finger , Nils Holland , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org References: <20170219235919.GA15763@tisys.org> <6dafa711-2118-ed6d-4b55-2640a3b852e5@gmail.com> <33f6e879-541f-ef45-f533-98b44e6aa2a9@lwfinger.net> Cc: Kalle Valo From: =?UTF-8?B?UmFmYcWCIE1pxYJlY2tp?= Message-ID: (sfid-20170220_185025_149856_2B9403D0) Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 18:50:06 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <33f6e879-541f-ef45-f533-98b44e6aa2a9@lwfinger.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 02/20/2017 05:18 PM, Larry Finger wrote: > On 02/20/2017 12:35 AM, Rafał Miłecki wrote: >> On 02/20/2017 12:59 AM, Nils Holland wrote: >>> The rtl8187 cards don't seem to receive multicast frames, which, >>> among other things, makes them fail to receive RAs in IPv6 networks. >>> The cause seems to be that the RTL818X_RX_CONF_MULTICAST flag doesn't >>> have the desired effect. >> >> AFAIU you have RTL8187B chipset card only, but above message describes this as >> generic issue (including RTL8187 and RTL8187L). >> >> Larry: were you able to reproduce this problem using RTL8187L? Is this >> workaround needed for that chipset as well? I couldn't find clear statement. > > Yes, the RTL8187L has the same problem as the RTL8187B. The fix is needed for both. OK, thanks for clarifying!