When user has requested IFF_ALLMULTI or have set more than 4 multicast
addresses, we should just use promiscuous mode, but not set it in flags,
as it causes the interface to stay in promiscuous mode even when the
non-IFF_PROMISC condition that caused promiscuous mode to be enabled
has gone away.
Signed-off-by: Esben Haabendal <es...@geanix.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c | 7 -------
1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c
b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c
index 47c4515..05195ff 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c
@@ -388,13 +388,6 @@ static void temac_set_multicast_list(struct net_device
*ndev)
mutex_lock(lp->indirect_mutex);
if (ndev->flags & (IFF_ALLMULTI | IFF_PROMISC) ||
netdev_mc_count(ndev) > MULTICAST_CAM_TABLE_NUM) {
- /*
- * We must make the kernel realise we had to move
- * into promisc mode or we start all out war on
- * the cable. If it was a promisc request the
- * flag is already set. If not we assert it.
- */
- ndev->flags |= IFF_PROMISC;
temac_indirect_out32(lp, XTE_AFM_OFFSET, XTE_AFM_EPPRM_MASK);
dev_info(&ndev->dev, "Promiscuous mode enabled.\n");
} else if (!netdev_mc_empty(ndev)) {
--
2.4.11
