When setting up the VSIs, MAC filter is used for receiving MAC broadcast packets. We should follow it to implement the broadcast promiscuous mode setting.
Fixes: 61fff9b4c68b (net/i40e: set VF broadcast mode from PF) Signed-off-by: Wenzhuo Lu <wenzhuo...@intel.com> --- drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c | 16 +++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c index 303027b..fb1beae 100644 --- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c +++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c @@ -10954,6 +10954,9 @@ int rte_pmd_i40e_set_vf_broadcast(uint8_t port, uint16_t vf_id, struct i40e_pf *pf; struct i40e_vsi *vsi; struct i40e_hw *hw; + struct i40e_mac_filter_info filter; + struct ether_addr broadcast = { + .addr_bytes = {0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff} }; int ret; RTE_ETH_VALID_PORTID_OR_ERR_RET(port, -ENODEV); @@ -10992,12 +10995,19 @@ int rte_pmd_i40e_set_vf_broadcast(uint8_t port, uint16_t vf_id, return -EINVAL; } - hw = I40E_VSI_TO_HW(vsi); + if (on) { + (void)rte_memcpy(&filter.mac_addr, &broadcast, ETHER_ADDR_LEN); + filter.filter_type = RTE_MACVLAN_PERFECT_MATCH; + ret = i40e_vsi_add_mac(vsi, &filter); + } else { + ret = i40e_vsi_delete_mac(vsi, &broadcast); + } - ret = i40e_aq_set_vsi_broadcast(hw, vsi->seid, on, NULL); - if (ret != I40E_SUCCESS) { + if (ret != I40E_SUCCESS && ret != I40E_ERR_PARAM) { ret = -ENOTSUP; PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Failed to set VSI broadcast"); + } else { + ret = 0; } return ret; -- 1.9.3