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

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Message-ID: <1428525842.2579.8.camel@jtkirshe-mobl>
Date:	Wed, 08 Apr 2015 13:44:02 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@...jp.nec.com>
Cc:	Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com>,
	"vyasevic@...hat.com" <vyasevic@...hat.com>,
	"e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
	<e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	"Choi, Sy Jong" <sy.jong.choi@...el.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com>,
	Hayato Momma <h-momma@...jp.nec.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Edward Cree <ecree@...arflare.com>,
	Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] ixgbe: Add new ndo to allow VF multicast
 promiscuous mode

On Wed, 2015-04-08 at 05:38 +0000, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote:
> From: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@...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@...jp.nec.com>
> Reviewed-by: Hayato Momma <h-momma@...jp.nec.com>
> CC: Choi, Sy Jong <sy.jong.choi@...el.com>
> ---
>  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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