On Thu, 5 Sep 2019 17:10:40 +0100 Andrew Rybchenko <arybche...@solarflare.com> wrote:
> From: Ivan Ilchenko <ivan.ilche...@oktetlabs.ru> > > rte_eth_promiscuous_enable()/rte_eth_promiscuous_disable() return > value was changed from void to int, so this patch modify usage > of these functions across net/failsafe according to new return type. > > Try to keep promiscuous mode consistent across all active > devices in the case of failure. > > Signed-off-by: Ivan Ilchenko <ivan.ilche...@oktetlabs.ru> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Rybchenko <arybche...@solarflare.com> In reality, failsafe's promiscious mode is actually a lie. The only common use case of failsafe is on Azure/Hyper-V and in a guest setting promiscuous is not allowed. That is why there is no promiscuous setting in netvsc PMD.
