Hi, It's a fix. Because we don't support flex filter in NIC 82576 in current e1000 pmd, So add a check here. Only i350 and 82580 support it. So The MAC_TYPE_FILTER_SUP_EXT is used to check whether the MAC type is i350 or 82580.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2015 12:50 AM > To: Wu, Jingjing > Cc: dev at dpdk.org > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] e1000: modify mac type checking before flex > filter is > programmed > > 2015-03-26 12:53, Jingjing Wu: > > This patch changes MAC_TYPE_FILTER_SUP to MAC_TYPE_FILTER_SUP_EXT in > > flex filter handling function. It will remove NIC 82576 from flex filter > > support. > > Please, could you explain the goal of this change? > Is it a fix? an enhancement? Which behaviour is changed?
