Hello-
I think this explanation is correct. Right?
I was going to remove netvsc_set_multicast_list() so I think it is worth
adding a comment since it isn't immediately clear why you would want
this.
Thanks,
Brandon
[PATCH] hv: add explanation of no-op set_multicast_list
Signed-off-by: Brandon Philips <brandon@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c | 3 +++
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c
index 1415352..f527e5f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(ring_size, "Ring buffer size (# of pages)");
/* The one and only one */
static struct netvsc_driver_context g_netvsc_drv;
+/* no-op so the netdev core doesn't return -EINVAL when modifying the the
+ * multicast address list in SIOCADDMULTI. hv is setup to get all multicast
+ * when it calls RndisFilterOnOpen() */
static void netvsc_set_multicast_list(struct net_device *net)
{
}
--
1.7.2.2
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