Re: [PATCH iproute2 v2] iplink: Support VF Trust

2016-03-02 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 02:40:18 + Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote: > From: Hiroshi Shimamoto > > Add IFLA_VF_TRUST message to trust the VF. > PF can accept some privileged operation from the trusted VF. > For example, ixgbe PF doesn't allow to enable VF promiscuous mode until > the VF is trusted becau

RE: [PATCH iproute2 v2] iplink: Support VF Trust

2016-02-26 Thread Rose, Gregory V
...@redhat.com; jogre...@redhat.com; Linux Netdev List ; Choi, Sy Jong ; Rony Efraim ; Edward Cree ; David Miller ; sassm...@redhat.com Subject: [PATCH iproute2 v2] iplink: Support VF Trust From: Hiroshi Shimamoto Add IFLA_VF_TRUST message to trust the VF. PF can accept some privileged operation from

[PATCH iproute2 v2] iplink: Support VF Trust

2016-02-25 Thread Hiroshi Shimamoto
From: Hiroshi Shimamoto Add IFLA_VF_TRUST message to trust the VF. PF can accept some privileged operation from the trusted VF. For example, ixgbe PF doesn't allow to enable VF promiscuous mode until the VF is trusted because it may hurt performance. To trust VF. # ip link set dev eth0 vf 1 tru