netdev - RE: [net-2.6 PATCH 7/10] Neterion: New driver: Main entry points

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Date:	Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:47:01 -0400
From:	"Ramkrishna Vepa" <Ramkrishna.Vepa@...erion.com>
To:	"Stephen Hemminger" <shemminger@...tta.com>
Cc:	"David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Netdev" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [net-2.6 PATCH 7/10] Neterion: New driver: Main entry points

Stephen,
> > +* addr_learn_en:
> > +*	Enable Receive Traffic Steering using MAC destination address.
> > +*		0 - DISABLE
> > +*		1 - ENABLE
[Ram] I should have described this option better! This option is used in
the Xen and other virtual environments to learn the mac address of the
interface on guest OS and then programme the receive steering logic to
steer the received packets to respective VF. This is to avoid having the
nic in promiscuous mode for obvious reasons.

Ram
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