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r8169: remove multicast filter limit

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Once upon a time, when r8169 was new, the multicast filter limit code
was copied from RTL8139 driver. There the filter limit is even
user-configurable.
The filtering is hash-based and we don't have perfect filtering.
Actually the mc filtering on RTL8125 still seems to be the same
as used on 8390/NE2000. So it's not clear to me which benefit it
should bring when switching to all-multi mode once a certain number
of filter bits is set. More the opposite: Filtering out at least
some unwanted mc traffic is better than no filtering.
Also the available chip documentation doesn't mention any restriction.
Therefore remove the filter limit.

Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/57076c05-3730-40d1-ab9a-5334b263e41a@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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Heiner Kallweit 2023-11-27 21:16:10 +01:00 committed by Jakub Kicinski
parent 1bc9d12e1c
commit cd04b44bf0
1 changed files with 1 additions and 6 deletions
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drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
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@ -56,10 +56,6 @@
#define FIRMWARE_8125A_3 "rtl_nic/rtl8125a-3.fw"
#define FIRMWARE_8125B_2 "rtl_nic/rtl8125b-2.fw"
/* Maximum number of multicast addresses to filter (vs. Rx-all-multicast).
The RTL chips use a 64 element hash table based on the Ethernet CRC. */
#define MC_FILTER_LIMIT 32
#define TX_DMA_BURST 7 /* Maximum PCI burst, '7' is unlimited */
#define InterFrameGap 0x03 /* 3 means InterFrameGap = the shortest one */
@ -2597,8 +2593,7 @@ static void rtl_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *dev)
rx_mode |= AcceptAllPhys;
} else if (!(dev->flags & IFF_MULTICAST)) {
rx_mode &= ~AcceptMulticast;
} else if (netdev_mc_count(dev) > MC_FILTER_LIMIT ||
dev->flags & IFF_ALLMULTI ||
} else if (dev->flags & IFF_ALLMULTI ||
tp->mac_version == RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_35) {
/* accept all multicasts */
} else if (netdev_mc_empty(dev)) {