[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v1] igc: Add set_rx_mode support

[David Arcari <darcari@redhat.com>]

On 09/19/2019 01:48 AM, Neftin, Sasha wrote:
> On 9/18/2019 23:29, Alexander Duyck wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 12:29 PM David Arcari <darcari@redhat.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On 09/10/2019 03:05 AM, Sasha Neftin wrote:
>>>> Add multicast addresses list to the MTA table.
>>>> Implement promiscious mode and add basic rx mode support.
>>>> Add option for ipv6 address settings.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Sasha Neftin <sasha.neftin@intel.com>
>>>
>>> This seems to break ipv4 communication over vlans:
>>
> Please, use follow commands for ipv6:
> ip -6 addr add <ipv6address>/<prefixlength> dev <interface>
> 
> Example:
> sudo ip -6 addr add fe80::2a0:c9ff:fe00:2/64 dev enp5s0
> 
> Remove ipv6 address:
> sudo ip -6 addr del fe80::2a0:c9ff:fe00:2/64 dev enp5s0
> 
> ping -6 -I <interface> <address>
> Example:
> ping -6 -I enp4s0 fe80::2a0:c9ff:fe00:1
> I've checked it on my side and looks ipv4 and ipv6 works.

I'm no longer having connectivity issue with ipv6 with this commit applied.

> Let me not agree with you in regards to break ipv4 communication over 
> vlan. Since vlan not supported yet it can not be broken.

Well - interestingly enough vlan connectivity was working for ipv4 before this
commit.  I guess it was just good fortune.

-DA


> I am working to add VLAN support in my next patches.
> 
>> Why is this code messing with the VLANs? The patch description says it
>> is enabling multicast and the MTA but it is messing with the VFTA
>> table as well. That is probably what broke the VLANs.
>>
>> I don't see the bits to support ndo_vlan_rx_[add|kill]_vid and without
>> that it will break VLANs since the driver is filtering them unless
>> promiscuous filtering is enabled. The VLAN changes should be moved
>> into a separate patch.
>>
> You are right. Few lines related to VFTA present here. Sorry about that. 
> I did not mention add support for VLAN tagged frames in this patch. I 
> plan to add VLAN support in my next patches.
> Sasha
>