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SubjectRE: [E1000-devel] [PATCH] ixgbe: make VLAN filter conditional in SR-IOV case
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> Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] [PATCH] ixgbe: make VLAN filter conditional in SR-IOV case
>
> On Thu, 2014-11-13 at 08:28 +0000, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote:
> > From: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>
> >
> > Disable hardware VLAN filtering if netdev->features VLAN flag is
> > dropped.
> >
> > In SR-IOV case, there is a use case which needs to disable VLAN
> > filter.
> > For example, we need to make a network function with VF in virtualized
> > environment. That network function may be a software switch, a router
> > or etc. It means that that network function will be an end point which
> > terminates many VLANs.
> >
> > In the current implementation, VLAN filtering always be turned on and
> > VF can receive only 63 VLANs. It means that only 63 VLANs can be used
> > and it's not enough at all for building a virtual router.
> >
> > With this patch, if the user turns VLAN filtering off on the host, VF
> > can receive every VLAN packet.
> > The behavior is changed only if VLAN filtering is turned off by
> > ethtool.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>
> > CC: Choi, Sy Jong <sy.jong.choi@intel.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 10 ++++++++++
> > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c | 4 ++++
> > 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
>
> Thanks Hiroshi, I will add your patch to my queue.

How about this patch?
It hasn't been in your tree,.
Is there any issue?

thanks,
Hiroshi

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