1Behaviour of Cards Under Multicast
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3
4This is how they currently behave, not what the hardware can do--for example,
5the Lance driver doesn't use its filter, even though the code for loading
6it is in the DEC Lance-based driver.
7
8The following are requirements for multicasting 
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10AppleTalk	Multicast	hardware filtering not important but
11				 avoid cards only doing promisc
12IP-Multicast	Multicast	hardware filters really help
13IP-MRoute	AllMulti	hardware filters are of no help
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15
16Board		Multicast	AllMulti	Promisc		Filter
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183c501		YES		YES		YES		Software
193c503		YES		YES		YES		Hardware
203c505		YES		NO		YES		Hardware
213c507		NO		NO		NO		N/A
223c509		YES		YES		YES		Software
233c59x		YES		YES		YES		Software
24ac3200		YES		YES		YES		Hardware
25apricot		YES		PROMISC		YES		Hardware
26arcnet		NO		NO		NO		N/A
27at1700		PROMISC		PROMISC		YES		Software
28atp		PROMISC		PROMISC		YES		Software
29cs89x0		YES		YES		YES		Software
30de4x5		YES		YES		YES		Hardware
31de600		NO		NO		NO		N/A
32de620		PROMISC		PROMISC		YES		Software
33depca		YES		PROMISC		YES		Hardware
34dmfe		YES		YES		YES		Software(*)
35e2100		YES		YES		YES		Hardware
36eepro		YES		PROMISC		YES		Hardware
37eexpress	NO		NO		NO		N/A
38ewrk3		YES		PROMISC		YES		Hardware
39hp-plus		YES		YES		YES		Hardware
40hp		YES		YES		YES		Hardware
41hp100		YES		YES		YES		Hardware
42ibmtr		NO		NO		NO		N/A
43ioc3-eth	YES		YES		YES		Hardware
44lance		YES		YES		YES		Software(#)
45ne		YES		YES		YES		Hardware
46ni52		<------------------ Buggy ------------------>
47ni65		YES		YES		YES		Software(#)
48seeq		NO		NO		NO		N/A
49sgiseek		<------------------ Buggy ------------------>
50sk_g16		NO		NO		YES		N/A
51smc-ultra	YES		YES		YES		Hardware
52sunlance	YES		YES		YES		Hardware
53tulip		YES		YES		YES		Hardware
54wavelan		YES		PROMISC		YES		Hardware
55wd		YES		YES		YES		Hardware
56xirc2ps_cs	YES		YES		YES		Hardware
57znet		YES		YES		YES		Software
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59
60PROMISC = This multicast mode is in fact promiscuous mode. Avoid using
61cards who go PROMISC on any multicast in a multicast kernel.
62
63(#) = Hardware multicast support is not used yet.
64(*) = Hardware support for Davicom 9132 chipset only.
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