[PATCH V2] net/mlx5: add support for flows targeting multicast MAC addresses

[Thomas Monjalon]

14/08/2025 12:08, Gavin Li:
> Rules for multicast MAC addresses are intended to filter multicast traffic
> and are managed through multicast MAC add/remove APIs. In mlx5_dev_spawn
> function, devices (PF, VFs, and SFs) retrieve the netdev-configured MAC
> addresses via netlink and store them in the PMD device data, which
> includes multicast MAC addresses.
> 
> To update multicast MAC address rules, create them within
> mlx5_traffic_enable.

Sorry this is not clear.
Please explain what was the previous behaviour with a past tense,
and what is the new changed behaviour.

>  	BITFIELD_DECLARE(mac_own, uint64_t, MLX5_MAX_MAC_ADDRESSES);
> +	BITFIELD_DECLARE(mac_pmd, uint64_t, MLX5_MAX_MAC_ADDRESSES);

Not sure about the naming.
What is the difference between mac_own and mac_pmd?