The driver must listen to broadcast packets, like other devices.
Otherwise protocols like ARP won't work!
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
--- a/lib/librte_pmd_vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethdev.c 2014-07-25 10:49:18.720201127
-0700
+++ b/lib/librte_pmd_vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethdev.c 2014-07-25 10:49:18.720201127
-0700
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ vmxnet3_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *de
}
/* Setting proper Rx Mode and issue Rx Mode Update command */
- vmxnet3_dev_set_rxmode(hw, VMXNET3_RXM_UCAST | VMXNET3_RXM_ALL_MULTI,
1);
+ vmxnet3_dev_set_rxmode(hw, VMXNET3_RXM_UCAST | VMXNET3_RXM_BCAST, 1);
/*
* Don't need to handle events for now
