Re: [PATCH V2 net-next 0/2] net: hns3: adds two VLAN feature

[tanhuazhong]

On 2020/5/22 5:37, David Miller wrote:
> From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 12:17:07 -0700
>
> > On Thu, 21 May 2020 19:38:23 +0800 Huazhong Tan wrote:
> > > This patchset adds two new VLAN feature.
> > >
> > > [patch 1] adds a new dynamic VLAN mode.
> > > [patch 2] adds support for 'QoS' field to PVID.
> > >
> > > Change log:
> > > V1->V2: modifies [patch 1]'s commit log, suggested by Jakub Kicinski.
> >
> > I don't like the idea that FW is choosing the driver behavior in a way
> > that's not observable via standard Linux APIs. This is the second time
> > a feature like that posted for a driver this week, and we should
> > discourage it.
>
> Agreed, this is an unacceptable approach to driver features.

Hi, Jakub & David.

As decribed in patch #1, there is a scenario which needs the dynamic
mode(port VLAN filter is always disabled, andVF VLAN filter is keep
disable until a non-zero VLAN ID being used for the function).

Is this mode selection provided through "ethtool --set-priv-flags"
more acceptable? Or is there any other better suggestion for this?

Thanks.

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