-----Original Message----- From: Chris Friesen [mailto:chris.frie...@genband.com] Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 11:22 PM To: Levy, Lior Cc: e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Kirsher, Jeffrey T; Brandeburg, Jesse; Allan, Bruce W; Wyborny, Carolyn; Skidmore, Donald C; Rose, Gregory V; Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P; Duyck, Alexander H; Ronciak, John Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] BUG? strange behavior with vlans and virtual functions on i350
On 11/05/2012 01:59 PM, Chris Friesen wrote: > On 11/05/2012 10:26 AM, Levy, Lior wrote: >> Hi Chris, >> >> I just remembered that we had a problem with I350 regarding VLAN >> connectivity between VFs. >> We resolved the issue lately. Did you use the latest igbvf driver on >> sourceforge? ver 2.0.4 is available. > > Moving to igbvf-2.0.4 doesn't seem to have made any difference. > Actually, checking further the above is not true. We're now seeing messages > of the form "igb: eth1: igb_rcv_msg_from_vf: VF 1 attempted to override > administratively set VLAN tag" when we try to set the vlan tag from within > the guest. >We ran into this same problem letting the VMs set the VF MAC address for >bonding failover, so I'll try tweaking the PF driver and see where we get. >Chris This behavior/message occurs due to setting a "port" VLAN from the PF side. Administratively VLAN can be set by the PF using the ip command 'ip link set <ethx> vf <n> vlan <vlanID>'. When setting VLAN ID from the VF/VM side port VLAN cannot be used. Regards, Lior. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel Israel (74) Limited This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Central: Instant, anywhere, Remote PC access and management. Stay in control, update software, and manage PCs from one command center Diagnose problems and improve visibility into emerging IT issues Automate, monitor and manage. Do more in less time with Central http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein12331_d2d _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.intel.com/community/wired
