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SubjectRE: [PATCH v4 3/3] ixgbe: Add new ndo to allow VF multicast promiscuous mode
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan [mailto:intel-wired-lan-bounces@lists.osuosl.org] On
> Behalf Of Hiroshi Shimamoto
> Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2015 6:08 PM
> To: Kirsher, Jeffrey T; Alexander Duyck; intel-wired-lan
> Cc: vyasevic@redhat.com; e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net;
> netdev@vger.kernel.org; Choi, Sy Jong; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; David
> Laight; Hayato Momma; Edward Cree; Or Gerlitz; Bjørn Mork
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v4 3/3] ixgbe: Add new ndo to allow VF
> multicast promiscuous mode
>
> From: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>
>
> 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@ct.jp.nec.com>
> Reviewed-by: Hayato Momma <h-momma@ce.jp.nec.com>
> CC: Choi, Sy Jong <sy.jong.choi@intel.com>
> ---
>
> v4: Put reconfiguration of MC promiscuous mode into the previous loop.
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h | 1 +
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 5 ++++
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c | 32
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++-- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.h |
> 2 ++
> 4 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Tested-by: Phil Schmitt <phillip.j.schmitt@intel.com>


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