Similar to "promisc", this allows the IFF_ALLMULTI flag to be toggled,
which can be useful for IPv6 neighbour discovery; see PR 233683.
Sponsored by: Klara, Inc.
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| Differential D46525 Authored by markj on Sep 3 2024, 5:00 PM.
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Summary Similar to "promisc", this allows the IFF_ALLMULTI flag to be toggled, Sponsored by: Klara, Inc.
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Event TimelineHerald added a subscriber: imp. · View Herald TranscriptSep 3 2024, 5:00 PM2024-09-03 17:00:36 (UTC+0) Harbormaster completed remote builds in B59295: Diff 142824.Sep 3 2024, 5:00 PM2024-09-03 17:00:38 (UTC+0) This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Sep 3 2024, 10:44 PM2024-09-03 22:44:11 (UTC+0) Comment Actions
@markj I guess you mean help debugging IPv6 ND function ;) Looks good to me. Comment Actions
The use-case which motivated this is neighbour discover over netmap, where the kernel doesn't know which multicast addresses to subscribe to.
IMO that is not quite right, per the comments in D46524. This revision now requires review to proceed.Sep 5 2024, 2:22 PM2024-09-05 14:22:39 (UTC+0) Harbormaster completed remote builds in B59315: Diff 142972.Sep 5 2024, 2:22 PM2024-09-05 14:22:44 (UTC+0) This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Sep 5 2024, 4:23 PM2024-09-05 16:23:54 (UTC+0) Comment Actions
I'd support if you can include that in the final commit message :)
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Thanks for taking a look. Certainly, my original description is basically useless. :( Closed by commit rG00c9a6806c9c: ifconfig: Add an allmulti verb (authored by markj). · Explain WhySep 6 2024, 5:20 PM2024-09-06 17:20:23 (UTC+0) This revision was automatically updated to reflect the committed changes.
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Diff 143045 sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
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