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2014-03-22batman-adv: Modified forwarding behaviour for multicast packetsLinus Lüssing
With this patch a multicast packet is not always simply flooded anymore, the behaviour for the following cases is changed to reduce unnecessary overhead: If all nodes within the horizon of a certain node have signalized multicast listener announcement capability then an IPv6 multicast packet with a destination of IPv6 link-local scope (excluding ff02::1) coming from the upstream of this node... * ...is dropped if there is no according multicast listener in the translation table, * ...is forwarded via unicast if there is a single node with interested multicast listeners * ...and otherwise still gets flooded. Signed-off-by: Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@web.de> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@meshcoding.com>
2014-03-22batman-adv: Announce new capability via multicast TVLVLinus Lüssing
If the soft interface of a node is not part of a bridge then a node announces a new multicast TVLV: The existence of this TVLV signalizes that this node is announcing all of its multicast listeners via the translation table infrastructure. Signed-off-by: Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@web.de> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@meshcoding.com>
2014-03-22batman-adv: Multicast Listener Announcements via Translation TableLinus Lüssing
With this patch a node which has no bridge interface on top of its soft interface announces its local multicast listeners via the translation table. Signed-off-by: Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@web.de> Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@meshcoding.com>