gldm_set_promiscuous() Entry Point

int prefix_set_promiscuous(gld_mac_info_t *macinfo, int promiscflag);

gldm_set_promiscuous() enables and disables promiscuous mode. This function is called whenever GLDv2 wants to enable or disable the reception of all packets on the medium. The function can also be limited to multicast packets on the medium. If the second argument promiscflag is set to the value of GLD_MAC_PROMISC_PHYS, then the function enables physical-level promiscuous mode. Physical-level promiscuous mode causes the reception of all packets on the medium. If promiscflag is set to GLD_MAC_PROMISC_MULTI, then reception of all multicast packets are enabled. If promiscflag is set to GLD_MAC_PROMISC_NONE, then promiscuous mode is disabled.

In promiscuous multicast mode, drivers for devices without multicast-only promiscuous mode must set the device to physical promiscuous mode. This approach ensures that all multicast packets are received. In this case, the routine should return GLD_SUCCESS. The GLDv2 software filters out any superfluous packets. If sufficient resources are currently not available to carry out the request, the function should return GLD_NORESOURCES. The gld_set_promiscuous() function should return GLD_NOTSUPPORTED if the requested function is not supported.

For forward compatibility, gldm_set_promiscuous() routines should treat any unrecognized values for promiscflag as though these values were GLD_MAC_PROMISC_PHYS.