[dpdk-dev] use Netlink to add/remove MAC addr at mlx5 PMD for DPDK 17.11.2 release

[Shahaf Shuler]

Hi Shu,

Saturday, September 1, 2018 3:02 AM, Zhongliang Shu:
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] use Netlink to add/remove MAC addr at mlx5 PMD for
> DPDK 17.11.2 release
> 
> Hi, Guys:
> Is there have DPDK stable patch for the issue to use Netlink to add/remove
> mlx5 PMD MAC addrfor DPDK release 17.11.2 release?Online search shows
> that there have several patches going on with some at superseded
> status.but I am not sure which patch is finalized and which patch can applied
> DPDK 17.11.2 release!
> Thanks.

The use of netlink to add/remove MAC was introduced as a new feature only on DPDK18.05 release, hence cannot be included on 17.11 stable release.

Can you elaborate on the use case you have to use this feature?