RE: [E1000-devel] [PATCH v2 2/3] if_link: Add VF multicast promiscuous control

2015-03-09 Thread Hiroshi Shimamoto
> On Mon, 2015-03-09 at 18:52 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote: > > On Tue, 2015-03-10 at 01:42 +, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote: > > > > On 03/08/2015 02:15 PM, Or Gerlitz wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 11:14 PM, Jeff Kirsher > > > > > wrote: > > > > > [...] > > > > >> We discussed this during N

Re: [E1000-devel] [PATCH v2 2/3] if_link: Add VF multicast promiscuous control

2015-03-09 Thread Jeff Kirsher
On Mon, 2015-03-09 at 18:52 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote: > On Tue, 2015-03-10 at 01:42 +, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote: > > > On 03/08/2015 02:15 PM, Or Gerlitz wrote: > > > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 11:14 PM, Jeff Kirsher > > > > wrote: > > > > [...] > > > >> We discussed this during NetConf last we

Re: [E1000-devel] [PATCH v2 2/3] if_link: Add VF multicast promiscuous control

2015-03-09 Thread Jeff Kirsher
On Tue, 2015-03-10 at 01:42 +, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote: > > On 03/08/2015 02:15 PM, Or Gerlitz wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 11:14 PM, Jeff Kirsher > > > wrote: > > > [...] > > >> We discussed this during NetConf last week, and Don is correct > that a > > >> custom sysfs interface is no

Re: [E1000-devel] [PATCH v2 2/3] if_link: Add VF multicast promiscuous control

2015-03-09 Thread Hiroshi Shimamoto
> On 03/08/2015 02:15 PM, Or Gerlitz wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 11:14 PM, Jeff Kirsher > > wrote: > > [...] > >> We discussed this during NetConf last week, and Don is correct that a > >> custom sysfs interface is not the way we want to handle this. We agreed > >> upon a generic interface

Re: [E1000-devel] [PATCH v2 2/3] if_link: Add VF multicast promiscuous control

2015-03-09 Thread Jeff Kirsher
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 03/08/2015 02:15 PM, Or Gerlitz wrote: > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 11:14 PM, Jeff Kirsher > wrote: > [...] >> We discussed this during NetConf last week, and Don is correct that a >> custom sysfs interface is not the way we want to handle this. We

Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] if_link: Add VF multicast promiscuous control

2015-03-08 Thread Or Gerlitz
On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 11:14 PM, Jeff Kirsher wrote: [...] > We discussed this during NetConf last week, and Don is correct that a > custom sysfs interface is not the way we want to handle this. We agreed > upon a generic interface so that any NIC is able to turn on or off VF > multicast promisc

Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] if_link: Add VF multicast promiscuous control

2015-02-23 Thread Jeff Kirsher
Kirsher, Jeffrey T; Alexander > > Duyck; Bjørn Mork; e1000-de...@lists.sourceforge.net; > > net...@vger.kernel.org; Choi, Sy Jong; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; David > > Laight; Hayato Momma > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] if_link: Add VF multicast promiscuous control > >

RE: [PATCH v2 2/3] if_link: Add VF multicast promiscuous control

2015-02-23 Thread Skidmore, Donald C
ceforge.net; > net...@vger.kernel.org; Choi, Sy Jong; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; David > Laight; Hayato Momma > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] if_link: Add VF multicast promiscuous control > > On 20/02/15 21:05, Skidmore, Donald C wrote: > > If a vender specific interface is objection

Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] if_link: Add VF multicast promiscuous control

2015-02-23 Thread Edward Cree
On 20/02/15 21:05, Skidmore, Donald C wrote: > If a vender specific interface is objectionable maybe a simpler and more > generic interface would be for the PF to be able to set a given VF into > "trusted" mode... I admit exactly what 'trusted' meant would vary from vender > to vender, but it wo

RE: [PATCH v2 2/3] if_link: Add VF multicast promiscuous control

2015-02-20 Thread Skidmore, Donald C
; Choi, Sy Jong; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; David Laight; Hayato Momma Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] if_link: Add VF multicast promiscuous control On 20/02/15 01:00, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote: > From: Hiroshi Shimamoto > > Add netlink directives and ndo entry to allow VF multicast promisc

Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] if_link: Add VF multicast promiscuous control

2015-02-20 Thread Edward Cree
On 20/02/15 01:00, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote: > From: Hiroshi Shimamoto > > Add netlink directives and ndo entry to allow VF multicast promiscuous mode. > > The administrator wants to allow dedicatedly multicast promiscuous per VF. If I'm properly understanding, this seems to be an ixgbe-specific op

Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] if_link: Add VF multicast promiscuous control

2015-02-19 Thread Jeff Kirsher
On Fri, 2015-02-20 at 01:00 +, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote: > From: Hiroshi Shimamoto > > Add netlink directives and ndo entry to allow VF multicast promiscuous > mode. > > The administrator wants to allow dedicatedly multicast promiscuous per > VF. > > Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto > Revie

[PATCH v2 2/3] if_link: Add VF multicast promiscuous control

2015-02-19 Thread Hiroshi Shimamoto
From: Hiroshi Shimamoto Add netlink directives and ndo entry to allow VF multicast promiscuous mode. The administrator wants to allow dedicatedly multicast promiscuous per VF. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto Reviewed-by: Hayato Momma CC: Choi, Sy Jong --- include/linux/if_link.h | 1