Return-path: Received: from mail-lf0-f46.google.com ([209.85.215.46]:35620 "EHLO mail-lf0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751041AbdBTGfP (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Feb 2017 01:35:15 -0500 Received: by mail-lf0-f46.google.com with SMTP id z127so44644466lfa.2 for ; Sun, 19 Feb 2017 22:35:14 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] rtl8187: Enable monitor mode to fix multicast reception To: Nils Holland , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org References: <20170219235919.GA15763@tisys.org> Cc: Larry Finger , Kalle Valo From: =?UTF-8?B?UmFmYcWCIE1pxYJlY2tp?= Message-ID: <6dafa711-2118-ed6d-4b55-2640a3b852e5@gmail.com> (sfid-20170220_073519_014589_6480B8FC) Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 07:35:12 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20170219235919.GA15763@tisys.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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.