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

[Lu, Wenzhuo]

Hi Bruce,


Best regards
Wenzhuo Lu

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richardson, Bruce
> Sent: Monday, February 8, 2016 10:02 PM
> To: Lu, Wenzhuo
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ixgbe: support multicast promiscuous mode on
> VF
> 
> 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.
Thanks for the comments. I'll send a V2 to update the doc.
> 
> Regards,
> /Bruce