[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ixgbe: support multicast promiscuous mode on VF

Bruce Richardson bruce.richardson at intel.com
Mon Feb 8 15:02:05 CET 2016


On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 04:07:16PM +0800, Wenzhuo Lu wrote:
> Add multicast promiscuous mode support on ixgbe VF driver.
> 
> Please note if we want to use this promiscuous mode, we need both PF
> and VF driver to support it. The reason is this VF feature is
> configged on PF.
> If use kernel PF driver + dpdk VF driver, make sure kernel PF driver
> support VF multicast promiscuous mode. If use dpdk PF + dpdk VF,
> better make sure PF driver is the same version as VF.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wenzhuo Lu <wenzhuo.lu at intel.com>
> ---

Hi Wenzhuo,

thanks for the patch. Is there a documentation update needed for this? The
commit message in particular looks like it would be better in the official user
documentation rather than just in the git history.

Regards,
/Bruce


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