From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bruce Richardson Subject: Re: [PATCH] fm10k: fix VF cannot receive broadcast traffic Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 11:32:29 +0100 Message-ID: <20160617103229.GC14948@bricha3-MOBL3> References: <1465203647-18717-1-git-send-email-xiao.w.wang@intel.com> <4341B239C0EFF9468EE453F9E9F4604D044CBCBA@shsmsx102.ccr.corp.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: "Wang, Xiao W" , "dev@dpdk.org" To: "Chen, Jing D" Return-path: Received: from mga03.intel.com (mga03.intel.com [134.134.136.65]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBF30CEC7 for ; Fri, 17 Jun 2016 12:32:46 +0200 (CEST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4341B239C0EFF9468EE453F9E9F4604D044CBCBA@shsmsx102.ccr.corp.intel.com> List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 05:03:57AM +0000, Chen, Jing D wrote: > Hi, > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Wang, Xiao W > > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2016 5:01 PM > > To: Chen, Jing D > > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Wang, Xiao W > > Subject: [PATCH] fm10k: fix VF cannot receive broadcast traffic > > > > When app tries promisc/allmulti setting, fm10k will check if a valid glort > > is acquired, if not then exit without doing anything. It's a long journey > > for VF to acquire glort info from VF to PF mailbox, PF to switch mailbox. > > It could be a long interval that's out of DPDK's control. Thus, app may > > fail on promisc/allmulti setting in VF. In fact, we don't need a valid > > glort value in VF, so this patch just skips the glort check for VF. > > > > Fixes: df02ba864695 ("fm10k: support promiscuous mode") > > > > Signed-off-by: Wang Xiao W > Acked-by: Jing Chen Applied to dpdk-next-net/rel_16_07 /Bruce