From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, rjarry@redhat.com, cfontain@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 0/3] Remove limitations coming from legacy VMDq
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:01:51 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260824100151.79c4dfb7@phoenix.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260824114207.312513-1-david.marchand@redhat.com>
On Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:42:04 +0200
David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com> wrote:
> Since the commit 88ac4396ad29 ("ethdev: add VMDq support"),
> VMDq has been imposing a maximum number of mac addresses in the
> mac_addr_add/del API.
>
> Nowadays, new Intel drivers do not support the feature and few other
> drivers implement this feature.
>
> This series enforces that the driver announces VMDq pools before
> using VMDq related features, then remove the limit of number of
> mac addresses for others.
>
> Next step could be to remove the VMDq pool notion from the generic API.
> However I have some concern about this, as changing the quite stable
> mac_addr_add/del API now seems a lot of noise for not much benefit.
>
Applied to next-net
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-24 17:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 71+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-03 9:18 [PATCH 0/4] Remove limitations coming from legacy VMDq David Marchand
2026-04-03 9:18 ` [PATCH 1/4] ethdev: skip VMDq pools unless configured David Marchand
2026-06-01 9:30 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2026-04-03 9:18 ` [PATCH 2/4] ethdev: announce VMDq capability David Marchand
2026-04-06 22:22 ` Kishore Padmanabha
2026-04-29 14:18 ` David Marchand
2026-05-18 22:12 ` Kishore Padmanabha
2026-06-01 9:32 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2026-04-03 9:18 ` [PATCH 3/4] ethdev: hide VMDq internal sizes David Marchand
2026-06-01 9:34 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2026-04-03 9:18 ` [PATCH 4/4] net/iavf: accept up to 32k unicast MAC addresses David Marchand
2026-04-05 18:47 ` [PATCH 0/4] Remove limitations coming from legacy VMDq Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-29 14:22 ` David Marchand
2026-05-06 12:35 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] " David Marchand
2026-05-06 12:35 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] ethdev: skip VMDq pools unless configured David Marchand
2026-06-01 9:35 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2026-05-06 12:35 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] ethdev: announce VMDq capability David Marchand
2026-06-01 9:36 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2026-05-06 12:35 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] ethdev: hide VMDq internal sizes David Marchand
2026-05-06 12:35 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] net/iavf: accept up to 32k unicast MAC addresses David Marchand
2026-05-06 12:35 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] net/iavf: fix duplicate MAC addresses install David Marchand
2026-05-07 2:51 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] Remove limitations coming from legacy VMDq Stephen Hemminger
2026-05-10 15:03 ` David Marchand
2026-05-10 17:03 ` [PATCH v3 " David Marchand
2026-05-10 17:03 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] ethdev: check VMDq availability David Marchand
2026-06-01 9:38 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2026-05-10 17:03 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] ethdev: skip VMDq pools unless configured David Marchand
2026-06-01 9:38 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2026-05-10 17:03 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] ethdev: hide VMDq internal sizes David Marchand
2026-06-01 9:39 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2026-05-10 17:03 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] net/iavf: accept up to 32k unicast MAC addresses David Marchand
2026-05-12 14:41 ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-05-27 13:25 ` David Marchand
2026-05-10 17:03 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] net/iavf: fix duplicate MAC addresses install David Marchand
2026-07-09 16:02 ` [PATCH v4 00/10] Remove limitations coming from legacy VMDq David Marchand
2026-07-09 16:02 ` [PATCH v4 01/10] ethdev: check VMDq availability David Marchand
2026-07-09 16:02 ` [PATCH v4 02/10] ethdev: skip VMDq pools unless configured David Marchand
2026-07-09 16:02 ` [PATCH v4 03/10] ethdev: hide VMDq internal sizes David Marchand
2026-07-09 16:02 ` [PATCH v4 04/10] net/iavf: accept up to 32k unicast MAC addresses David Marchand
2026-07-09 16:02 ` [PATCH v4 05/10] net/iavf: fix duplicate MAC addresses install David Marchand
2026-07-13 13:12 ` Loftus, Ciara
2026-07-13 14:10 ` David Marchand
2026-07-14 9:23 ` Loftus, Ciara
2026-07-09 16:02 ` [PATCH v4 06/10] net/mlx5: remove MAC addresses flush helper on Linux David Marchand
2026-07-09 16:02 ` [PATCH v4 07/10] net/mlx5: remove redundant MAC address index checks David Marchand
2026-07-09 16:02 ` [PATCH v4 08/10] net/mlx5: pass maximum number of unicast MAC to common code David Marchand
2026-07-09 16:02 ` [PATCH v4 09/10] net/mlx5: use bitset for tracking MAC addresses David Marchand
2026-07-09 16:02 ` [PATCH v4 10/10] net/mlx5: accept more unicast " David Marchand
2026-07-10 6:44 ` David Marchand
2026-07-10 7:48 ` David Marchand
2026-07-23 12:41 ` [PATCH v5 00/10] Remove limitations coming from legacy VMDq David Marchand
2026-07-23 12:41 ` [PATCH v5 01/10] ethdev: check VMDq availability David Marchand
2026-07-23 12:41 ` [PATCH v5 02/10] ethdev: skip VMDq pools unless configured David Marchand
2026-07-23 12:41 ` [PATCH v5 03/10] ethdev: hide VMDq internal sizes David Marchand
2026-07-23 12:41 ` [PATCH v5 04/10] net/iavf: accept up to 32k unicast MAC addresses David Marchand
2026-07-23 12:41 ` [PATCH v5 05/10] net/iavf: fix duplicate MAC addresses install David Marchand
2026-07-23 12:41 ` [PATCH v5 06/10] net/mlx5: remove MAC addresses flush helper on Linux David Marchand
2026-07-23 12:41 ` [PATCH v5 07/10] net/mlx5: remove redundant MAC address index checks David Marchand
2026-07-23 12:41 ` [PATCH v5 08/10] net/mlx5: pass maximum number of unicast MAC to common code David Marchand
2026-07-23 17:35 ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-07-23 12:41 ` [PATCH v5 09/10] net/mlx5: use bitset for tracking MAC addresses David Marchand
2026-07-23 12:41 ` [PATCH v5 10/10] net/mlx5: accept more unicast " David Marchand
2026-07-27 7:20 ` [PATCH v5 00/10] Remove limitations coming from legacy VMDq David Marchand
2026-08-24 11:42 ` [PATCH v6 0/3] " David Marchand
2026-08-24 11:42 ` [PATCH v6 1/3] ethdev: check VMDq availability David Marchand
2026-08-24 11:42 ` [PATCH v6 2/3] ethdev: skip VMDq pools unless configured David Marchand
2026-08-24 16:21 ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-08-24 16:24 ` David Marchand
2026-08-24 16:39 ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-08-24 11:42 ` [PATCH v6 3/3] ethdev: hide VMDq internal sizes David Marchand
2026-08-24 17:01 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
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