netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] ixgbe: Add new ndo to allow VF multicast promiscuous mode

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Message-ID: <1424405086.2979.12.camel@jtkirshe-mobl>
Date:	Thu, 19 Feb 2015 20:04:46 -0800
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@...jp.nec.com>
Cc:	"Skidmore, Donald C" <donald.c.skidmore@...el.com>,
	"vyasevic@...hat.com" <vyasevic@...hat.com>,
	Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>,
	Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>,
	"e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
	<e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"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>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] ixgbe: Add new ndo to allow VF multicast
 promiscuous mode

On Fri, 2015-02-20 at 01:01 +0000, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote:
> From: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@...jp.nec.com>
> 
> Implements the new netdev op to allow VF multicast promiscuous mode.
> 
> 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, we can only use 30 IPv6
> addresses.
>  # ./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 | 35
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.h |  2 ++
>  4 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

I have added this to my queue, thanks!

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