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rt2x00: never disable multicast because it disables broadcast too

On rt73 and rt61 disabling reception of multicast packets also disables
broadcast traffic which we never want to do. Therefore we should never
disable multicast.

Signed-off-by: Adam Baker <linux@baker-net.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

authored by Adam Baker and committed by John W. Linville fbb0a27a 5f0547c2

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unified split
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drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c
··· 2302 2302 * Apply some rules to the filters: 2303 2303 * - Some filters imply different filters to be set. 2304 2304 * - Some things we can't filter out at all. 2305 + * - Multicast filter seems to kill broadcast traffic so never use it. 2305 2306 */ 2306 - if (mc_count) 2307 - *total_flags |= FIF_ALLMULTI; 2307 + *total_flags |= FIF_ALLMULTI; 2308 2308 if (*total_flags & FIF_OTHER_BSS || 2309 2309 *total_flags & FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS) 2310 2310 *total_flags |= FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS | FIF_OTHER_BSS;
+2 -2
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
··· 1869 1869 * Apply some rules to the filters: 1870 1870 * - Some filters imply different filters to be set. 1871 1871 * - Some things we can't filter out at all. 1872 + * - Multicast filter seems to kill broadcast traffic so never use it. 1872 1873 */ 1873 - if (mc_count) 1874 - *total_flags |= FIF_ALLMULTI; 1874 + *total_flags |= FIF_ALLMULTI; 1875 1875 if (*total_flags & FIF_OTHER_BSS || 1876 1876 *total_flags & FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS) 1877 1877 *total_flags |= FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS | FIF_OTHER_BSS;