Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] ixgbe: Add new ndo to allow VF multicast promiscuous mode

From: Jeff Kirsher
Date: Wed Apr 08 2015 - 16:44:09 EST


On Wed, 2015-04-08 at 05:38 +0000, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote:
> From: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Implements the new netdev op to allow VF multicast promiscuous mode.
>
> The multicast promiscuous mode is not allowed for all VFs by default.
>
> The administrator can allow to VF multicast promiscuous mode for only
> trusted VM. After allowing multicast promiscuous mode from the host,
> we can use over 30 IPv6 addresses on VM.
> # ip link set dev eth0 vf 1 mc_promisc on
>
> When disallowing multicast promiscuous mode, ixgbevf can only handle
> 30
> IPv6 addresses at most.
> # ip link set dev eth0 vf 1 mc_promisc off
>
> Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Hayato Momma <h-momma@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Choi, Sy Jong <sy.jong.choi@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h | 1 +
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 7 ++++++
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c | 32
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.h | 2 ++
> 4 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

I will add this to my queue, thanks Hiroshi.

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