From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: amirv@mellanox.com
Cc: ogerlitz@mellanox.com, yanb@mellanox.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/9] net/mlx4_en: Add support for unicast MAC filtering and FDB operations
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:27:28 -0500 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130207.232728.968013808381909167.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1360239927-758-1-git-send-email-amirv@mellanox.com>
From: Amir Vadai <amirv@mellanox.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 14:25:18 +0200
> This series from Yan Burman adds support for unicast MAC address filtering and
> ndo FDB operations. It also includes some optimizations to loopback related
> decisions and checks in the TX/RX fast path and one cleanup, all in separate
> patches.
>
> Today, when adding macvlan devices, the NIC goes into promiscuous mode, since
> unicast MAC filtering is not supported. With these changes, macvlan devices can
> be added without the penalty of promiscuous mode.
>
> If for some reason adding a unicast address filter fails e.g as of missing space in
> the HW mac table, the device forces itself into promiscuous mode (and out of this
> forced state when enough space is available).
>
> Also, now it is possible to have bridge under multi-function configuration that include
> PF and VFs. In order to use bridge over PF/VFs, VM MAC fdb entries must be added e.g.
> using 'bridge fdb add' command.
Series applied, thanks.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-02-08 4:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-07 12:25 [PATCH net-next v2 0/9] net/mlx4_en: Add support for unicast MAC filtering and FDB operations Amir Vadai
2013-02-07 12:25 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/9] net/mlx4_en: Optimize loopback related checks in data path Amir Vadai
2013-02-07 12:25 ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/9] net/mlx4_en: Optimize Rx fast path filter checks Amir Vadai
2013-02-07 12:25 ` [PATCH net-next v2 3/9] net/mlx4_en: Cleanup multiline strings Amir Vadai
2013-02-07 12:25 ` [PATCH net-next v2 4/9] net/mlx4: Move Ethernet related functionality from mlx4_core to mlx4_en Amir Vadai
2013-02-07 12:25 ` [PATCH net-next v2 5/9] net/mlx4_en: Re-arrange ndo_set_rx_mode related code Amir Vadai
2013-02-07 12:25 ` [PATCH net-next v2 6/9] net/mlx4_en: Save previous MAC address of the port so we can replace it later Amir Vadai
2013-02-07 12:25 ` [PATCH net-next v2 7/9] net/mlx4_en: Manage hash of MAC addresses per port Amir Vadai
2013-02-07 12:25 ` [PATCH net-next v2 8/9] net/mlx4_en: Add unicast MAC filtering Amir Vadai
2013-02-07 12:25 ` [PATCH net-next v2 9/9] net/mlx4_en: Implement ndo fdb functionality Amir Vadai
2013-02-08 4:27 ` David Miller [this message]
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