[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: add required Linux capabilities in mlx5 guide

Thomas Monjalon thomas at monjalon.net
Tue May 19 11:05:28 CEST 2020


14/05/2020 19:29, Moshe Levi:
> > From: Thomas Monjalon
> > > +``cap_net_admin``
> > > +   For MTU and link state modifications
> 
> It more than that like change mac address . maybe better to write for interface configuration 
> You can see the full list in [1] look for CAP_NET_ADMIN
> [1] - http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/capabilities.7.html

Changed to "For device configuration." while merging in master.


> > > +``cap_net_raw``
> > > +   For raw ethernet queue allocation through kernel driver.
> Maybe can you add a note that for containers the net_raw is enabled by default see [1] and you don't need to specify it. 
>  [1] - https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/run/#runtime-privilege-and-linux-capabilities

It would require a separate patch please.




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