Re: [PATCH iwl-net 0/5] ice: LLDP support for VFs

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Tue Mar 05 2024 - 14:55:02 EST


On Sat, 2 Mar 2024 01:50:03 +0100 Larysa Zaremba wrote:
> For RX: match on Ethertype and mirror, every trusted VF should be able to scan
> neighbors.
>
> For TX this is more complicated and is done not through eswitch, but through
> modifying security options, so do not think this would work with tc. So private
> flags are the best option? Our requirements say only a single VSI can transmit
> LLDP.

It is doable theoretically, tho, right? Driver can detect that all
eswitch VF/PF ports but one have a "drop LLDP" rule and update the
security option correctly?