Subject: Re: Multicast ethernet question
To: Dave Huang <khym@bga.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-net
Date: 11/03/1997 09:14:58
On Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:07:17 -0600 (CST) 
 Dave Huang <khym@bga.com> wrote:

 > So, is that good enough for me, or do I have to then do my own comparison
 > and see if it exactly matches one of the interface's multicast addresses
 > before passing it on to ether_input()?

Sounds a lot like the LANCE's address filter.  I suggest you take a look
at how multicast it handled in sys/dev/ic/am7990.c.

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