linux-kernel - Re: [linux-nics] [PATCH 1/1] e1000: unset IFF_UNICAST

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Message-ID: <1413843952.2256.17.camel@jtkirshe-mobl>
Date:	Mon, 20 Oct 2014 15:25:52 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Francesco Ruggeri <fruggeri@...stanetworks.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux.nics@...el.com,
	pv-drivers@...are.com, fruggeri@...sta.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [linux-nics] [PATCH 1/1] e1000: unset IFF_UNICAST_FLT on WMware
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On Mon, 2014-10-20 at 15:11 -0700, Francesco Ruggeri wrote:
> VMWare's e1000 implementation does not seem to support unicast
> filtering.
> This can be observed by configuring a macvlan interface on eth0 in a
> VM in
> VMWare Fusion 5.0.5, and trying to use that interface instead of eth0.
> Tested on 3.16.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Francesco Ruggeri <fruggeri@...sta.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Thanks Francesco, I will add your patch to my queue.

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