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From: Roland Dreier <rdreier-FYB4Gu1CFyUAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Liran Liss <liranl-VPRAkNaXOzVS1MOuV/RT9w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe
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Subject: Re: When IBoE will be merged to upstream?
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:21:14 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <adalj9cveyd.fsf@roland-alpha.cisco.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E113D394D7C5DB4F8FF691FA7EE9DB443ABB321050-WQlSmcKwN8Te+A/uUDamNg@public.gmane.org> (Liran Liss's message of "Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:14:16 +0300")

 > > I agree -- the current spec is rather broken for multicast.  
 > > Choosing a different ethertype and then saying that all 
 > > switches will just flood multicast traffic is half-baked at best.

 > It is a realistic approach. Do you claim that there are switches that will not forward the packets?

No, I think all switches will flood unknown multicast packets.  But
there is a reason that IGMP snooping was invented -- it is inefficient
(to say the least) to flood all multicast traffic.

 - R.
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-07-15 17:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-06-20  6:18 When IBoE will be merged to upstream? Aleksey Senin
     [not found] ` <AANLkTikXzoaRl61ivsc7fm8EdO9Ucz4iGGfclFOQl3kK-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-23 23:23   ` Roland Dreier
     [not found]     ` <adabpb1s58c.fsf-BjVyx320WGW9gfZ95n9DRSW4+XlvGpQz@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-24 15:42       ` Liran Liss
     [not found]         ` <E113D394D7C5DB4F8FF691FA7EE9DB4439A78AFE88-WQlSmcKwN8Te+A/uUDamNg@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-24 18:05           ` Hefty, Sean
     [not found]             ` <CF9C39F99A89134C9CF9C4CCB68B8DDF259E7DE3D0-osO9UTpF0USkrb+BlOpmy7fspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-24 18:41               ` Liran Liss
     [not found]                 ` <E113D394D7C5DB4F8FF691FA7EE9DB4439A78AFF16-WQlSmcKwN8Te+A/uUDamNg@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-24 20:37                   ` Jason Gunthorpe
     [not found]                     ` <20100624203701.GA4630-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-25  8:04                       ` Liran Liss
     [not found]                         ` <E113D394D7C5DB4F8FF691FA7EE9DB4439A78B0042-WQlSmcKwN8Te+A/uUDamNg@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-25 15:57                           ` Jason Gunthorpe
     [not found]                             ` <20100625155755.GC4630-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-25 16:54                               ` Hefty, Sean
2010-07-01 11:50                               ` Liran Liss
     [not found]                                 ` <E113D394D7C5DB4F8FF691FA7EE9DB4439BA54B70E-WQlSmcKwN8Te+A/uUDamNg@public.gmane.org>
2010-07-02  0:20                                   ` Hefty, Sean
     [not found]                                     ` <CF9C39F99A89134C9CF9C4CCB68B8DDF25A1002175-osO9UTpF0USkrb+BlOpmy7fspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2010-07-02  7:42                                       ` Jason Gunthorpe
2010-07-02  7:35                                   ` Jason Gunthorpe
2010-07-03 20:34                                   ` Roland Dreier
     [not found]                                     ` <adak4pcnw3c.fsf-BjVyx320WGW9gfZ95n9DRSW4+XlvGpQz@public.gmane.org>
2010-07-04 17:03                                       ` Liran Liss
     [not found]                                         ` <E113D394D7C5DB4F8FF691FA7EE9DB443A8E048000-WQlSmcKwN8Te+A/uUDamNg@public.gmane.org>
2010-07-06  6:44                                           ` Or Gerlitz
     [not found]                                             ` <4C32D0BD.3030902-hKgKHo2Ms0FWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2010-07-06 11:01                                               ` Liran Liss
     [not found]                                                 ` <E113D394D7C5DB4F8FF691FA7EE9DB443A8E2E552A-WQlSmcKwN8Te+A/uUDamNg@public.gmane.org>
2010-07-07  6:00                                                   ` Or Gerlitz
     [not found]                                                     ` <4C3417FA.7000600-hKgKHo2Ms0FWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2010-07-07  6:13                                                       ` Jason Gunthorpe
2010-07-10  8:55                                                       ` Liran Liss
     [not found]                                                         ` <E113D394D7C5DB4F8FF691FA7EE9DB443AAB6D59C0-WQlSmcKwN8Te+A/uUDamNg@public.gmane.org>
2010-07-11  4:34                                                           ` Jason Gunthorpe
     [not found]                                                             ` <20100711043449.GA31404-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2010-07-12  7:58                                                               ` Liran Liss
     [not found]                                                                 ` <E113D394D7C5DB4F8FF691FA7EE9DB443AACB08EA5-WQlSmcKwN8Te+A/uUDamNg@public.gmane.org>
2010-07-12 16:21                                                                   ` Jason Gunthorpe
     [not found]                                                                     ` <20100712162131.GB15392-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2010-07-13  8:26                                                                       ` Liran Liss
     [not found]                                                                         ` <E113D394D7C5DB4F8FF691FA7EE9DB443AACDEE865-WQlSmcKwN8Te+A/uUDamNg@public.gmane.org>
2010-07-13 19:31                                                                           ` Jason Gunthorpe
     [not found]                                                                             ` <20100713193138.GA12614-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2010-07-15 10:55                                                                               ` Liran Liss
     [not found]                                                                                 ` <E113D394D7C5DB4F8FF691FA7EE9DB443ABB321006-WQlSmcKwN8Te+A/uUDamNg@public.gmane.org>
2010-07-15 16:59                                                                                   ` Jason Gunthorpe
2010-07-20  5:28                                                                       ` Paul Grun
2010-07-20 17:06                                                                         ` Jason Gunthorpe
2010-07-12 16:43                                                                   ` Hefty, Sean
2010-07-12 21:20                                                                   ` Roland Dreier
     [not found]                                                                     ` <adatyo4xuqx.fsf-BjVyx320WGW9gfZ95n9DRSW4+XlvGpQz@public.gmane.org>
2010-07-13 19:38                                                                       ` Jason Gunthorpe
     [not found]                                                                         ` <20100713193828.GB12614-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2010-07-13 21:20                                                                           ` Roland Dreier
     [not found]                                                                             ` <ada8w5fxenn.fsf-BjVyx320WGW9gfZ95n9DRSW4+XlvGpQz@public.gmane.org>
2010-07-15 11:14                                                                               ` Liran Liss
     [not found]                                                                                 ` <E113D394D7C5DB4F8FF691FA7EE9DB443ABB321050-WQlSmcKwN8Te+A/uUDamNg@public.gmane.org>
2010-07-15 17:21                                                                                   ` Roland Dreier [this message]
     [not found]                                                                                     ` <adalj9cveyd.fsf-BjVyx320WGW9gfZ95n9DRSW4+XlvGpQz@public.gmane.org>
2010-07-15 17:53                                                                                       ` Roland Dreier
2010-07-15 19:20                                                                                       ` Alex Rosenbaum
     [not found]                                                                                         ` <7E95F01E94AB484F83061FCFA35B39F87A7D2C-QfUkFaTmzUSUvQqKE/ONIwC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org>
2010-07-15 20:03                                                                                           ` Roland Dreier
     [not found]                                                                                             ` <ada1vb4v7fl.fsf-BjVyx320WGW9gfZ95n9DRSW4+XlvGpQz@public.gmane.org>
2010-07-20 20:50                                                                                               ` Liran Liss
2010-07-15 11:00                                                                       ` Liran Liss

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