> 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-shimam...@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-shimam...@ct.jp.nec.com> > > CC: Choi, Sy Jong <sy.jong.c...@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.
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