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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] allow netif frontend to indicate ethernet multic

To: David Edmondson <dme@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] allow netif frontend to indicate ethernet multicast groups of interest
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:54:45 +0000
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On 22/11/07 15:34, "David Edmondson" <dme@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 22 Nov 2007, at 2:01pm, Keir Fraser wrote:
>> How does a frontend detect whether these options are supported by the
>> backend?
> 
> The backend declares support by setting "feature-multicast-control"
> in xenstore. The frontend indicates that it will use the support by
> setting "request-multicast-control".

What does the backend do with "request-multicast-control"? Does it turn off
multicast flooding for this vif?

 -- Keir



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