[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] net/i40e: fix dropping packets with Ethertype 0x88A8

Wu, Jingjing jingjing.wu at intel.com
Wed Aug 17 05:09:43 CEST 2016



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Xing, Beilei
> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 9:58 AM
> To: Wu, Jingjing
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Xing, Beilei
> Subject: [PATCH v2] net/i40e: fix dropping packets with Ethertype 0x88A8
> 
> Refer to FW default setting, Ethertype 0x88A8 is treated as S-TAG, packects
> with S-TAG should be received in Port Virtualizer mode, but Port Virtual
> mode is not initialized in DPDK. So X710 will drop packets with Ethertype
> 0x88A8.
> This patch fixes this issue by turning off S-TAG identification.
> 
> Fixes: 4861cde46116 ("i40e: new poll mode driver")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Beilei Xing <beilei.xing at intel.com>
Acked-by: Jingjing Wu <jingjing.wu at intel.com>


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