[PATCH v2 3/3] net/enic: allow multicast in MAC address add callback
Ferruh Yigit
ferruh.yigit at amd.com
Thu Aug 8 10:50:45 CEST 2024
On 8/8/2024 7:14 AM, Hyong Youb Kim wrote:
> enic_set_mac_address() (mac_addr_add callback) currently allows only
> non-zero, unicast address to be added. It is overly restrictive.
> rte_eth_dev_mac_addr_add() itself allows multicast addresses. And,
> some applications do use rte_eth_dev_mac_addr_add() to accept
> multicast addresses. So, remove the unicast check in
> enic_set_mac_address().
>
What is the usecase to set Multicast MAC address as device default MAC
address?
Also, just a reminder that we have 'rte_eth_dev_set_mc_addr_list()' API
to set multicast MAC addresses.
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