[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] i40e: fix i40evf_add_mac_addr to permit multicast addresses

Xing, Beilei beilei.xing at intel.com
Wed Sep 13 05:42:35 CEST 2017



> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Harton [mailto:dharton at cpp-rtpbld-31.cpprtplab]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 11:21 AM
> To: Xing, Beilei <beilei.xing at intel.com>; Wu, Jingjing <jingjing.wu at intel.com>
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; David Harton <dharton at cisco.com>
> Subject: [PATCH v3] i40e: fix i40evf_add_mac_addr to permit multicast
> addresses
> 
> From: David Harton <dharton at cisco.com>
> 
> The i40e maintains a single MAC filter table for both unicast and multicast
> addresses.  The i40e_validate_mac_addr function was preventing multicast
> addresses from being added to the table via i40evf_add_mac_addr.  Fixed
> the issue by adjusting the check in i40evf_add_mac_addr.
> 
> Fixes: 4861cde46116 ("i40e: new poll mode driver")
> Fixes: 97ac72aa71a9 ("i40e: support setting VF MAC address")
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Harton <dharton at cisco.com>

Acked-by: Beilei Xing <beilei.xing at intel.com>


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