kern/145905: [fxp] multicast packets aren't received
when PROMISC mode on fxp.
Bruce Simpson
bms at incunabulum.net
Wed Apr 21 16:42:18 UTC 2010
Spooky
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisco_PIX
Some Intel-based Ethernet cards for the PIX are identified at boot with
the designation "mcwa". This designation denotes a multicast
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_multicast> receive bug
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_bug> in the card's firmware that
the designers addressed with a feature they called *M*ulti *C*ast *W*ork
*A*round.
...I've seen this happen with 1 fxp card I used to have, I don't know if
this was a recycled PIX part or not. Think it was 82559ED off the top of
my head.
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