netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/9] net/mlx4_en: Add support for unicast MAC filtering and FDB operations

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Message-Id: <20130207.232728.968013808381909167.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:27:28 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	amirv@...lanox.com
Cc:	ogerlitz@...lanox.com, yanb@...lanox.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/9] net/mlx4_en: Add support for unicast
 MAC filtering and FDB operations

From: Amir Vadai <amirv@...lanox.com>
Date: Thu,  7 Feb 2013 14:25:18 +0200

> This series from Yan Burman adds support for unicast MAC address filtering and
> ndo FDB operations.  It also includes some optimizations to loopback related
> decisions and checks in the TX/RX fast path and one cleanup, all in separate
> patches.
> 
> Today, when adding macvlan devices, the NIC goes into promiscuous mode, since
> unicast MAC filtering is not supported. With these changes, macvlan devices can
> be added without the penalty of promiscuous mode.
> 
> If for some reason adding a unicast address filter fails e.g as of missing space in
> the HW mac table, the device forces itself into promiscuous mode (and out of this
> forced state when enough space is available).
> 
> Also, now it is possible to have bridge under multi-function configuration that include
> PF and VFs.  In order to use bridge over PF/VFs, VM MAC fdb entries must be added e.g.
> using 'bridge fdb add' command.

Series applied, thanks.
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