Hi Bharath For your question of "why intel does not support unicast promiscuos mode?", I'd ask Aaron or Greg to give answers. Thank you very much!
Regards, Helin > -----Original Message----- > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of bharath paulraj > Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 11:29 PM > To: Lu, Wenzhuo > Cc: dev at dpdk.org > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Reg: promiscuous mode on VF > > Hi Lu, > > Many thanks for your response. Again I have few more queries. > If VF unicast promiscuous mode is not supported then can't we implement a > Layer 2 bridging functionality using intel virtualization technologies? Or Is > there > any other way, say tweeking some hardware registers or drivers, which may > help us in implementing Layer 2 bridging. > Also I would like to know, why intel does not support unicast promiscuos mode? > It could have been optional register settings and user should have had a > previleage to set or unset it. Besides, security reasons, is there any other > big > reason why Intel does not support this? > > Thanks, > Bharath Paulraj > > On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 6:15 AM, Lu, Wenzhuo <wenzhuo.lu at intel.com> > wrote: > > > Hi Bharath, > > > > > 2) Is the above supported for 82599 controller? If it is > > > supported > > in the NIC, > > > please provide the steps to enable. > > Talking about 82599, VF unicast promiscuous mode is not supported. > > Only broadcast and multicast can be supported. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Bharath Paulraj > > > > > > -- > Regards, > Bharath
