[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] i40e: Enable multicast promiscuous mode when promiscuous mode enabled for i40e driver

[Zhang, Helin]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Heng Ding
> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 9:48 AM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] i40e: Enable multicast promiscuous mode when
> promiscuous mode enabled for i40e driver
> 
> From: Ding Heng <hengx.ding at intel.com>
> 
> IPv6 will run NDP with multicast packets, but multicast packets will be filtered
> by i40e driver by default. So we need to enable multicast when promiscuous
> mode is on, or IPv6 will fail on these cards when running testpmd and kni app.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ding Heng <hengx.ding at intel.com>
> ---
>  lib/librte_pmd_i40e/i40e_ethdev.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/librte_pmd_i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
> b/lib/librte_pmd_i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
> index 9ed31b5..539dae5 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_pmd_i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_pmd_i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
> @@ -755,6 +755,12 @@ i40e_dev_promiscuous_enable(struct rte_eth_dev
> *dev)
>  							true, NULL);
>  	if (status != I40E_SUCCESS)
>  		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Failed to enable unicast promiscuous\n");
> +
> +	status = i40e_aq_set_vsi_multicast_promiscuous(hw, vsi->seid,
> +							TRUE, NULL);
> +	if (status != I40E_SUCCESS)
> +		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Failed to enable multicast promiscuous\n");
> +
>  }
> 
>  static void
> @@ -769,6 +775,11 @@ i40e_dev_promiscuous_disable(struct rte_eth_dev
> *dev)
>  							false, NULL);
>  	if (status != I40E_SUCCESS)
>  		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Failed to disable unicast promiscuous\n");
> +
> +	status = i40e_aq_set_vsi_multicast_promiscuous(hw, vsi->seid,
> +							false, NULL);
> +	if (status != I40E_SUCCESS)
> +		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Failed to disable multicast promiscuous\n");
>  }
> 
>  static void
> @@ -792,6 +803,9 @@ i40e_dev_allmulticast_disable(struct rte_eth_dev
> *dev)
>  	struct i40e_vsi *vsi = pf->main_vsi;
>  	int ret;
> 
> +	if (dev->data->promiscuous == 1)
> +		return; /* must remain in all_multicast mode */
> +
>  	ret = i40e_aq_set_vsi_multicast_promiscuous(hw,
>  				vsi->seid, FALSE, NULL);
>  	if (ret != I40E_SUCCESS)
> --
> 1.9.3

Reviewed-by: Helin Zhang <helin.zhang at intel.com>