> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wang, Liang-min
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 1:24 PM
> To: Ananyev, Konstantin; dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Richardson, Bruce; dharton at cisco.com; agh at cisco.com
> Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/2] ethdev: add api to set default mac address
>
>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Wang, Liang-min
> >> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 8:27 PM
> >> To: dev at dpdk.org
> >> Cc: Richardson, Bruce; Ananyev, Konstantin; dharton at cisco.com;
> > >agh at cisco.com; Wang, Liang-min
> >> Subject: [PATCH 1/2] ethdev: add api to set default mac address
> > >
> >> add a new api: rte_eth_dev_default_mac_addr_set to support changing
> >> default mac address of a NIC
> > >
> > >Signed-off-by: Liang-Min Larry Wang <liang-min.wang at intel.com>
> >> ---
> > > lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> > > lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
> >> lib/librte_ether/rte_ether_version.map | 1 +
> >> 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
> >> b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c index 024fe8b..96ee00e 100644
> >> --- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
> >> +++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
> >> @@ -2752,6 +2752,22 @@ rte_eth_dev_mac_addr_remove(uint8_t port_id,
> >> struct ether_addr *addr) }
> >>
> >> int
> >> +rte_eth_dev_default_mac_addr_set(uint8_t port_id, struct ether_addr
> >> +*addr) {
> >> + struct rte_eth_dev *dev;
> >> +
> >> + if (!rte_eth_dev_is_valid_port(port_id)) {
> >> + PMD_DEBUG_TRACE("Invalid port_id=%d\n", port_id);
> >> + return -ENODEV;
> >> + }
> >> +
> >> + dev = &rte_eth_devices[port_id];
> >> + FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(*dev->dev_ops->mac_addr_set, -ENOTSUP);
> >> +
> >> + return (*dev->dev_ops->mac_addr_set)(dev, addr); }
>
>
> >As I can see mac_addr_set() is implemented now only for virtio.
> >Which means that for all Intel HW your new rte_eth_dev_default_mac_addr_set()
> >would not work right now?
> >Probably rte_eth_dev_default_mac_addr_set() should combine both approaches:
> >If mac_addr_set() is implemented by dev, then use it, otherwise try to use
> >addr_remove()/addr_add() (as your first version did)?
> >Konstantin
>
> The implementation of mac_addr_set() through mac_addr_remove() and
> mac_addr_add() is very creative, but it may not work for
> devices other than igb/ixgbe. I will release a patch latter to add hooks on
> igb and ixgbe(). Just want to keep this interface clean and not
> to be confined to igb/ixgbe characteristics.
Ok, if you think it would be more clean way - no objections from me.
Konstantin
>
> > +
> > +int
> > rte_eth_dev_set_vf_rxmode(uint8_t port_id, uint16_t vf,
> > uint16_t rx_mode, uint8_t on)
> > {
> > diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
> > b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h index 16dbe00..5f07e0d 100644
> > --- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
> > +++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
> > @@ -2982,6 +2982,20 @@ int rte_eth_dev_mac_addr_add(uint8_t port,
> > struct ether_addr *mac_addr, int rte_eth_dev_mac_addr_remove(uint8_t
> > port, struct ether_addr *mac_addr);
> >
> > /**
> > + * Set the default MAC address.
> > + *
> > + * @param port
> > + * The port identifier of the Ethernet device.
> > + * @param mac_addr
> > + * New default MAC address.
> > + * @return
> > + * - (0) if successful, or *mac_addr* didn't exist.
> > + * - (-ENOTSUP) if hardware doesn't support.
> > + * - (-ENODEV) if *port* invalid.
> > + */
> > +int rte_eth_dev_default_mac_addr_set(uint8_t port, struct ether_addr
> > +*mac_addr);
> > +
> > +/**
> > * Update Redirection Table(RETA) of Receive Side Scaling of Ethernet
> > device.
> > *
> > * @param port
> > diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ether_version.map
> > b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ether_version.map
> > index a2d25a6..2dbbaa7 100644
> > --- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ether_version.map
> > +++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ether_version.map
> > @@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ DPDK_2.0 {
> > rte_eth_tx_queue_setup;
> > rte_eth_xstats_get;
> > rte_eth_xstats_reset;
> > + rte_eth_dev_default_mac_addr_set;
> >
> > local: *;
> > };
> > --
> > 2.1.4
