On Wed, 2015-04-08 at 05:38 +0000, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote:
> From: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimam...@ct.jp.nec.com>
> 
> Implements the new netdev op to allow VF multicast promiscuous mode.
> 
> The multicast promiscuous mode is not allowed for all VFs by default.
> 
> The administrator can allow to VF multicast promiscuous mode for only
> trusted VM. After allowing multicast promiscuous mode from the host,
> we can use over 30 IPv6 addresses on VM.
>  # ip link set dev eth0 vf 1 mc_promisc on
> 
> When disallowing multicast promiscuous mode, ixgbevf can only handle
> 30
> IPv6 addresses at most.
>  # ip link set dev eth0 vf 1 mc_promisc off
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimam...@ct.jp.nec.com>
> Reviewed-by: Hayato Momma <h-mo...@ce.jp.nec.com>
> CC: Choi, Sy Jong <sy.jong.c...@intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h       |  1 +
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c  |  7 ++++++
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c | 32
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.h |  2 ++
>  4 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

I will add this to my queue, thanks Hiroshi.

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