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

[Larysa Zaremba]

On Tue, Mar 05, 2024 at 11:54:50AM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> 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?

I can envision that. I'll report in this thread, if I encounter roadblocks, when 
doing v2.

Thanks!