I think the answer is yes, that's the way it works.

On Mon, 25 Aug 2014, Maslekar, Omkar wrote:

> Hi All
>
> The MTA table which filters the multicast traffic in 82575/82599 devices are 
> configured differently in IGB/IXGBE driver respectively even though the 
> functionality is same. I would like to know from you if you have seen the 
> same behavior.
>
> Scenario:
> On receiving VF_SET_MULTICAST message from a VF driver, PF driver sets bits 
> in the MTA Table which is 4096 bits wide bitmap to allow matching multicast 
> mac hash. The multicast filtering works same way on 82575 and 82599 devices.
>
> Behavior in IXGBE driver for 82599:
> In response to receiving VF_SET_MULTICAST message, IXGBE driver does OR 
> operation on the MTA table with the new entries requested in the message, 
> which results in the MTA Table retaining previous entries plus new entries 
> set.
>
> Behavior in IGB driver for 82575:
> In response to receiving VF_SET_MULTICAST message, IGB driver resets the 
> whole MTA Table and does OR operation on the MTA table with the new entries 
> requested in the message, which results in the MTA Table retaining latest 
> entries received by last message from VF.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Omkar Maslekar

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