Re: [iproute2 PATCH] iplink: Support VF Trust

2015-10-12 Thread Jeff Kirsher
On Mon, 2015-10-12 at 09:54 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > On Wed, 7 Oct 2015 10:06:32 + > 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

Re: [iproute2 PATCH] iplink: Support VF Trust

2015-10-12 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Wed, 7 Oct 2015 10:06:32 + 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 becaus

[iproute2 PATCH] iplink: Support VF Trust

2015-10-07 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