>-----Original Message----- >From: Julian Stecklina [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 7:12 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] igbvf doesn't support promiscuous mode? > >Julian Stecklina <[email protected]> writes: > >> Would it be a good idea to extend the E1000_VF_SET_PROMISC >interface to >> enable unicast promiscuity as well, e.g. by introducing a new flag >> E1000_VF_SET_PROMISC_UNICAST alongside the already existing >> E1000_VF_SET_PROMISC_MULTICAST? igbvf could than at least >indicate that >> it wants to be promiscuous. I'll produce a proof-of-concept >patch later >> today or tomorrow. > >This was easier than I thought. The attached patch (against 2.6.35) >extends the interface as described above. The igb driver (as it is now) >will NAK attempts to enable promiscuous mode. Our 82576 PF driver >implements it. Is it possible to push something along those general >lines into mainline Linux? > >Perhaps a little disclaimer: My Linux kernel programming skills are >virtually non-existent. Be gentle. ;) > >Regards, Julian > > I'm interested to see your proposed solution Julian, but I'm not seeing your patch attached. Can you resend?
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