On Wed, 2015-04-08 at 05:38 +0000, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote: > From: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimam...@ct.jp.nec.com> > > Implements the new netdev op to allow VF multicast promiscuous mode. > > The multicast promiscuous mode is not allowed for all VFs by default. > > The administrator can allow to VF multicast promiscuous mode for only > trusted VM. After allowing multicast promiscuous mode from the host, > we can use over 30 IPv6 addresses on VM. > # ip link set dev eth0 vf 1 mc_promisc on > > When disallowing multicast promiscuous mode, ixgbevf can only handle > 30 > IPv6 addresses at most. > # ip link set dev eth0 vf 1 mc_promisc off > > Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimam...@ct.jp.nec.com> > Reviewed-by: Hayato Momma <h-mo...@ce.jp.nec.com> > CC: Choi, Sy Jong <sy.jong.c...@intel.com> > --- > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h | 1 + > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 7 ++++++ > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c | 32 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++-- > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.h | 2 ++ > 4 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
I will add this to my queue, thanks Hiroshi.
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