Hi Iain 1.7.1 might not include newly developed/fixed filter features. See my comments in specific filters below.
> -----Original Message----- > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Iain Rankin > Sent: Tuesday, October 7, 2014 10:37 PM > To: dev at dpdk.org > Subject: [dpdk-dev] Newbie question on Fortville / i40e with regards to L2 > filtering > > Hello all > > I have recently started a project that requires DPDK and the new Fortville 40G > nic. > > I am totally new to DPDK so please excuse what might as dumb questions. > > Was wondering if anyone can enlighten me to the DPDK support for a number > of filter types on Fortville / i40e. > > I have dpdk 1.7.1 compiled and a number of filter type i've tried to call up > using > testpmd report back "Operation not supported". > > I have noticed in threads that there is ongoing work to provide hardware based > filtering support for fortville / i40e. Anyone know what the current state of > that? > > Basically i am interested in L2 filtering on Fortville: > filter filter > mac filter Mac filter has already been enabled for a long time, there is a bug fix in a patches sent out recently mainly for supporting VMDq by Jing Chen > vlan filter Vlan filter has already been enabled for a long time, but it seems with bug, and now being investigated. > ether_type filter It has already been supported in the patches for "control packet filter", sent out by Jingjing Wu. > > Regards. Regards, Helin
