Linus Lüssing 4effd28c12 bridge: join all-snoopers multicast address ...

Next to snooping IGMP/MLD queries RFC4541, section 2.1.1.a) recommends
to snoop multicast router advertisements to detect multicast routers.

Multicast router advertisements are sent to an "all-snoopers"
multicast address. To be able to receive them reliably, we need to
join this group.

Otherwise other snooping switches might refrain from forwarding these
advertisements to us.

Signed-off-by: Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@c0d3.blue>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

2019-01-22 17:18:08 -08:00

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