> -----Original Message----- > From: K. Y. Srinivasan [mailto:k...@microsoft.com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 4:58 PM > To: da...@davemloft.net; netdev@vger.kernel.org; linux- > ker...@vger.kernel.org; de...@linuxdriverproject.org; o...@aepfle.de; > a...@canonical.com; jasow...@redhat.com > Cc: KY Srinivasan <k...@microsoft.com> > Subject: [PATCH 1/1] hv_netvsc: Implement support for VF drivers on Hyper- > V > > Support VF drivers on Hyper-V. On Hyper-V, each VF instance presented to > the guest has an associated synthetic interface that shares the MAC address > with the VF instance. Typically these are bonded together to support > live migration. By default, the host delivers all the incoming packets > on the synthetic interface. Once the VF is up, we need to explicitly switch > the data path on the host to divert traffic onto the VF interface. Even after > switching the data path, broadcast and multicast packets are always > delivered > on the synthetic interface and these will have to be injected back onto the > VF interface (if VF is up). > This patch implements the necessary support in netvsc to support Linux > VF drivers.
David, Please drop this patch. I just discovered a merge issue and I am going to resubmit this patch. Regards, K. Y
