[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] fm10k: fix VF cannot receive broadcast traffic

[Bruce Richardson]

On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 05:03:57AM +0000, Chen, Jing D wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wang, Xiao W
> > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2016 5:01 PM
> > To: Chen, Jing D <jing.d.chen at intel.com>
> > Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Wang, Xiao W <xiao.w.wang at intel.com>
> > Subject: [PATCH] fm10k: fix VF cannot receive broadcast traffic
> > 
> > When app tries promisc/allmulti setting, fm10k will check if a valid glort
> > is acquired, if not then exit without doing anything. It's a long journey
> > for VF to acquire glort info from VF to PF mailbox, PF to switch mailbox.
> > It could be a long interval that's out of DPDK's control. Thus, app may
> > fail on promisc/allmulti setting in VF. In fact, we don't need a valid
> > glort value in VF, so this patch just skips the glort check for VF.
> > 
> > Fixes: df02ba864695 ("fm10k: support promiscuous mode")
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Wang Xiao W <xiao.w.wang at intel.com>
> Acked-by: Jing Chen <jing.d.chen at intel.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-net/rel_16_07

/Bruce