Return-path: Received: from mail-oi0-f47.google.com ([209.85.218.47]:34849 "EHLO mail-oi0-f47.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753434AbdBTQSV (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Feb 2017 11:18:21 -0500 Received: by mail-oi0-f47.google.com with SMTP id 62so40841441oih.2 for ; Mon, 20 Feb 2017 08:18:20 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] rtl8187: Enable monitor mode to fix multicast reception To: =?UTF-8?B?UmFmYcWCIE1pxYJlY2tp?= , Nils Holland , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org References: <20170219235919.GA15763@tisys.org> <6dafa711-2118-ed6d-4b55-2640a3b852e5@gmail.com> Cc: Kalle Valo From: Larry Finger Message-ID: <33f6e879-541f-ef45-f533-98b44e6aa2a9@lwfinger.net> (sfid-20170220_171841_732321_83E87FF0) Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 10:18:18 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <6dafa711-2118-ed6d-4b55-2640a3b852e5@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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. Larry