netdev - Re: [net-next PatchV2 1/4] Octeontx2-af: Add programmed macaddr to RVU pfvf

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Message-ID: <20250720181029.GY2459@horms.kernel.org>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2025 19:10:29 +0100
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Hariprasad Kelam <hkelam@...vell.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kuba@...nel.org,
	davem@...emloft.net, sgoutham@...vell.com, gakula@...vell.com,
	jerinj@...vell.com, lcherian@...vell.com, sbhatta@...vell.com,
	naveenm@...vell.com, edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com,
	andrew+netdev@...n.ch, bbhushan2@...vell.com
Subject: Re: [net-next PatchV2 1/4] Octeontx2-af: Add programmed macaddr to
 RVU pfvf

On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 10:06:35PM +0530, Hariprasad Kelam wrote:
> Octeontx2/CN10k MAC block supports DMAC filters. DMAC filters
> can be installed on the interface through ethtool.
> 
> When a user installs a DMAC filter, the interface's MAC address
> is implicitly added to the filter list. To ensure consistency,
> this MAC address must be kept in sync with the pfvf->mac_addr field,
> which is used to install MAC-based NPC rules.
> 
> This patch updates the pfvf->mac_addr field with the programmed MAC
> address and also enables VF interfaces to install DMAC filters.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Kelam <hkelam@...vell.com>
> ---
> v2 * Use  ether_addr_copy instead of memcpy

Thanks for the update.

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>