[PATCH] Introduce M_PROMISC to lower part of Ethernet code

[Bruce M Simpson]

Hi,

Thunderbird keeps crashing whenever I draft these messages, which is 
frustrating.

Can we discuss this change? I would like to get it in as we get the 
following wins:

1. Potentially cleaner code in ether_demux()/ether_input()
2. Ways of detecting and preventing L2/L3 forwarding loops
3. Being able to do more with promiscuous mode in general e.g. using it 
to emulate broken IFF_ALLMULTI with network cards which can't support 
multicast routing properly.

Feedback eagerly looked forward to; this is not a complete change; this 
is strictly development quality at the moment.

Regards,
BMS
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