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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Subject: Re: [iproute2 PATCH] iplink: Support VF Trust
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 09:54:23 -0700
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On Wed, 7 Oct 2015 10:06:32 +0000
Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> wrote:

> From: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>
> 
> Add IFLA_VF_TRUST message to trust the VF.
> PF can accept some privileged operation from the trusted VF.
> For example, ixgbe PF doesn't allow to enable VF promiscuous mode until
> the VF is trusted because it may hurt performance.
> 
> To trust VF.
>  # ip link set dev eth0 vf 1 trust on
> 
> To untrust VF.
>  # ip link set dev eth0 vf 1 trust off
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>

I am waiting until this is accepted into kernel before merging it into iproute2.