Subject: Re: Multicast ethernet question
To: None <tech-net@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Christoph Badura <bad@ora.de>
List: tech-net
Date: 11/04/1997 20:01:46
Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov> writes:
>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.

Sounds like this should be made a MI function.  If I get around to writing
the driver for this pocket ethernet adapter, I'll need the same function too.
-- 
Christoph Badura

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