Re: [E1000-devel] [PATCH] ixgbe: make VLAN filter conditional in SR-IOV case

[Jeff Kirsher]

On Thu, 2014-11-13 at 08:28 +0000, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote:
> From: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Disable hardware VLAN filtering if netdev->features VLAN flag is
> dropped.
> 
> In SR-IOV case, there is a use case which needs to disable VLAN
> filter.
> For example, we need to make a network function with VF in virtualized
> environment. That network function may be a software switch, a router
> or etc. It means that that network function will be an end point which
> terminates many VLANs.
> 
> In the current implementation, VLAN filtering always be turned on and
> VF can receive only 63 VLANs. It means that only 63 VLANs can be used
> and it's not enough at all for building a virtual router.
> 
> With this patch, if the user turns VLAN filtering off on the host, VF
> can receive every VLAN packet.
> The behavior is changed only if VLAN filtering is turned off by
> ethtool.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Choi, Sy Jong <sy.jong.choi@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c  | 10 ++++++++++
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c |  4 ++++
>  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

Thanks Hiroshi, I will add your patch to my queue.

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