On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 04:05:45PM +0800, Jingjing Wu wrote: > Vlan filter didn't work if promiscuous mode is enabled. That is > because i40e driver uses MAC VLAN table for the l2 filtering and > internal switch. And the vlan table is disabled by default, till > the first time to add rule in vlan table. > This patch fixed this issue to enable vlan filter by using vlan table. > > Fixes: 4861cde46116 (i40e: new poll mode driver) > Signed-off-by: Jingjing Wu <jingjing.wu at intel.com> > --- Hi Jingjing,
can you please clarify this commit message a little to give a little more detail on how the current setup stops the feature from working, and how the fix removes the problem. Thanks, /Bruce
