Looks like while we do have the flag on a nic nothing really checks it. I am reasonably sure we used to support it but looks like it got lost in some refactoring.
pkg/tcpip/stack/nic.go:613 actually creates a referenced network endpoint if we are in promiscuous mode. Looks like we didn't lose it just got refactored into an obscure location. '
Looks like while we do have the flag on a nic nothing really checks it. I am reasonably sure we used to support it but looks like it got lost in some refactoring.