RE: [E1000-devel] [PATCH] ixgbe, ixgbevf: Add new mbox API to enable MC promiscuous mode

2014-12-21 Thread Hiroshi Shimamoto
> > > Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] [PATCH] ixgbe, ixgbevf: Add new mbox API to > > > enable MC promiscuous mode > > > > > > On 11/27/2014 02:39 AM, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote: > > > > From: Hiroshi Shimamoto > > > > > > > >

RE: [E1000-devel] [PATCH] ixgbe, ixgbevf: Add new mbox API to enable MC promiscuous mode

2014-12-21 Thread Hiroshi Shimamoto
Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] [PATCH] ixgbe, ixgbevf: Add new mbox API to enable MC promiscuous mode On 11/27/2014 02:39 AM, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote: From: Hiroshi Shimamoto h-shimam...@ct.jp.nec.com The limitation of the number of multicast address for VF is not enough

RE: [E1000-devel] [PATCH] ixgbe, ixgbevf: Add new mbox API to enable MC promiscuous mode

2014-12-15 Thread Hiroshi Shimamoto
> > Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] [PATCH] ixgbe, ixgbevf: Add new mbox API to > > enable MC promiscuous mode > > > > On 11/27/2014 02:39 AM, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote: > > > From: Hiroshi Shimamoto > > > > > > The limitation of the number of multica

RE: [E1000-devel] [PATCH] ixgbe, ixgbevf: Add new mbox API to enable MC promiscuous mode

2014-12-15 Thread Hiroshi Shimamoto
Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] [PATCH] ixgbe, ixgbevf: Add new mbox API to enable MC promiscuous mode On 11/27/2014 02:39 AM, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote: From: Hiroshi Shimamoto h-shimam...@ct.jp.nec.com The limitation of the number of multicast address for VF is not enough

RE: [E1000-devel] [PATCH] ixgbe, ixgbevf: Add new mbox API to enable MC promiscuous mode

2014-12-05 Thread Hiroshi Shimamoto
> Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] [PATCH] ixgbe, ixgbevf: Add new mbox API to enable > MC promiscuous mode > > On 11/27/2014 02:39 AM, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote: > > From: Hiroshi Shimamoto > > > > The limitation of the number of multicast address for VF is not enough

RE: [E1000-devel] [PATCH] ixgbe, ixgbevf: Add new mbox API to enable MC promiscuous mode

2014-12-05 Thread Hiroshi Shimamoto
Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] [PATCH] ixgbe, ixgbevf: Add new mbox API to enable MC promiscuous mode On 11/27/2014 02:39 AM, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote: From: Hiroshi Shimamoto h-shimam...@ct.jp.nec.com The limitation of the number of multicast address for VF is not enough for the large

Re: [E1000-devel] [PATCH] ixgbe, ixgbevf: Add new mbox API to enable MC promiscuous mode

2014-12-04 Thread Alexander Duyck
On 11/27/2014 02:39 AM, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote: > From: Hiroshi Shimamoto > > The limitation of the number of multicast address for VF is not enough > for the large scale server with SR-IOV feature. > IPv6 requires the multicast MAC address for each IP address to handle > the Neighbor

Re: [E1000-devel] [PATCH] ixgbe, ixgbevf: Add new mbox API to enable MC promiscuous mode

2014-12-04 Thread Alexander Duyck
On 11/27/2014 02:39 AM, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote: From: Hiroshi Shimamoto h-shimam...@ct.jp.nec.com The limitation of the number of multicast address for VF is not enough for the large scale server with SR-IOV feature. IPv6 requires the multicast MAC address for each IP address to handle the