From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] qed* : Use trust mode to override forced MAC Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 11:26:53 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20180420.112653.546688395225857673.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20180419125012.20503-1-shahed.shaikh@cavium.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, Ariel.Elior@cavium.com, Dept-EngEverestLinuxL2@cavium.com To: shahed.shaikh@cavium.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([184.105.139.130]:45162 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755397AbeDTP0z (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Apr 2018 11:26:55 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20180419125012.20503-1-shahed.shaikh@cavium.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Shahed Shaikh Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 05:50:10 -0700 > This patchset adds a support to override forced MAC (MAC set by PF for a VF) > when trust mode is enabled using > #ip link set dev vf trust on > > First patch adds a real change to use .ndo_set_vf_trust to override forced MAC > and allow user to change VFs from VF interface itself. > > Second patch takes care of a corner case, where MAC change from VF won't > take effect when VF interface is down, by introducing a new TLV > (a way to send message from VF to PF) to give a hint to PF to update > its bulletin board. > > Please apply this series to net-next. Series applied.