netdev - Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 06/15] igb: make use of the uta to allow for promiscous mode filter

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Date:	Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:21:09 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com,
	alexander.h.duyck@...el.com
Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 06/15] igb: make use of the uta to allow
 for promiscous mode filter

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:33:08 -0700

> From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
> 
> In order to support functions such as vlan tag stripping when SR-IOV is
> enabled any given packet must match at least one filter.  However in the
> case of promiscous mode being enabled on the PF the traffic routed to it
> may not match any filters and is just sent to the PF by default.  In order
> to make certain that this traffic is processed we can set all bits in the
> UTA registers to create a pseudo promiscous mode filter that accepts all
> packets.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>

Applied.
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