2 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Nélio Laranjeiro
dd4bb90bc3 net/mlx5: use Netlink to enable promisc/allmulti mode
VF devices are not able to receive promisc or allmulti traffic unless it
fully requests it though Netlink.  This will cause the request to be
processed by the PF which will handle the request and enable it.

This requires the VF to be trusted by the PF.

Signed-off-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com>
Acked-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>
2018-04-14 00:41:44 +02:00
Nélio Laranjeiro
ccdcba53a3 net/mlx5: use Netlink to add/remove MAC addresses
VF devices are not able to receive traffic unless it fully requests it
though Netlink.  This will cause the request to be processed by the PF
which will add/remove the MAC address to the VF table if the VF is trusted.

Signed-off-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com>
Acked-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>
2018-04-14 00:41:44 +02:00