#4616 NORM Update.: Mesh doesn't resume from suspend on reciept of multicast packets

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#4616: Mesh doesn't resume from suspend on reciept of multicast packets
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  Reporter:  gnu                  |       Owner:  cjb                              
      Type:  defect               |      Status:  new                              
  Priority:  normal               |   Milestone:  Update.1                         
 Component:  power manager (OHM)  |     Version:  Development build as of this date
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  Verified:  0                    |  
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Comment(by gnu):

 If the firmware isn't implementing multicast filtering like any other
 Ethernet chip, then it needs to implement multicast filtering, like every
 other Ethernet chip.  Pretty straightforward.

 This has nothing to do with the mesh.  It has everything to do with what
 the firmware does with received packets (that it happens to receive either
 via the mesh, or via ad-hoc or access point packets).  Some such packets
 are ignored e.g. if they aren't addressed to us.  Some such packets are
 reported to the host, e.g. if they ARE addressed to us, or are a
 broadcast, or are a multicast that the host is interested in.

 Just because one corner of your firmware implements a mesh, doesn't mean
 you are exempt from making normal 802.x networking functions work.

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