Re: [PATCH v2] rtl8187: Enable monitor mode to fix multicast reception

On 02/20/2017 05:18 PM, Larry Finger wrote:

On 02/20/2017 12:35 AM, Rafał Miłecki wrote:

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On 02/20/2017 12:59 AM, Nils Holland wrote:

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The rtl8187 cards don't seem to receive multicast frames, which,
among other things, makes them fail to receive RAs in IPv6 networks.
The cause seems to be that the RTL818X_RX_CONF_MULTICAST flag doesn't
have the desired effect.

AFAIU you have RTL8187B chipset card only, but above message describes this as
generic issue (including RTL8187 and RTL8187L).

Larry: were you able to reproduce this problem using RTL8187L? Is this
workaround needed for that chipset as well? I couldn't find clear statement.

Yes, the RTL8187L has the same problem as the RTL8187B. The fix is needed for both.

OK, thanks for clarifying!