Re: iwi0 "need multicast update callback"

From: Sam Leffler <sam-at-freebsd.org>
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:16:34 -0700
:Scot Hetzel wrote:
:> On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 8:09 AM,  <haro_at_kgt.co.jp> wrote:
:>   
:>> Hi list,
:>>
:>> After updating my pc today, I'm getting following message on the console.
:>> As it seems to be working ok, but is there any way to get rid of it?
:>>
:>>   iwi0: need multicast update callback
:>>
:>>     
:> I noticed this with the ndis driver also. I searched the code and
:> found that this is coming from the null_update_mcast function in
:> /sys/net80211/ieee802.c
:>
:> To get rid of this notification will require updating the iwi and ndis
:> drivers to seperate multicast update and promisc update into seperate
:> functions:
:>
:> ic->ic_update_mcast = null_update_mcast;
:> ic->ic_update_promisc = null_update_promisc;
:> :
:> /*
:>  * Synchronize flag bit state in the parent ifnet structure
:>  * according to the state of all vap ifnet's.  This is used,
:>  * for example, to handle IFF_PROMISC and IFF_ALLMULTI.
:>  */
:> void
:> ieee80211_syncifflag_locked(struct ieee80211com *ic, int flag)
:>
:> This is to allow  the ieee80211_syncifflag_locked function to update
:> the parent ifnet structure.
:>
:> Search the other wireless drivers (i.e ath) on how the conversion was made.
:>
:>   
:These messages are a reminder to fill in missing functionality and can 
:be somewhat ignored.  It may be possible to have the default mcast 
:filter handler mark the ALLMULTI flag and fallback to the 802.3 layer 
:for multicast filtering but I wasn't convinced that worked right so left 
:the printf reminder.
:
:Of course the right solution is to push the mcast address list to the 
:device.

Thank you for the info.
I'll look into the iwi driver for what I can do about it.

Regards,
 Haro
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