From: Jiri Pirko <j...@resnulli.us> Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 07:39:40 +0200
> Because the "promisc mode" would gain another meaning. Now how the > driver should guess which meaning the user ment when he setted it? > filter or trap? > > That is very confusing. If the flag is the way to do this, let's > introduce another flag, like IFF_TRAPPING indicating that user wants > exactly this. I don't understand how the meaning of promiscuous mode for a networking device has suddenly become ambiguous, when did this start happening?
